Table of Contents  |  Headwords: Alphabetical - Frequency  |  Wordforms: Alphabetical - Frequency  |  About Headwords Alphabetical [ <<  >> ] waterless   4 wave   56 wax   21 way   420 we   5450 weak   47 weaken   44 weakness   18 wealth   29 Wordform we 1991 occurrence(s) Wordforms Alphabetical [ <<  >> ] waxed   11 waxing   2 way   387 ways   33 we   1991 weak   43 weaken   9 weakened   25 weakening   7 01Kor1    1:5 | And we ask them all that they 01Kor1    1:5 | the divine grace, so that we may sail successfully and unerringly 01Kor1    2:1 | lives of men of perfection. We on our part do not 01Kor1    2:1 | own thoughts; but through examples we simply wish to prove the 01Kor1    2:39 | that encouraged by each other, we may succeed in the accomplishment 01Kor1    2:41 | We have also the gracious canonic 01Kor1    2:42 | And thus we have from them both permission 01Kor1    2:43 | Therefore, that which we have promised shall hence forth 01Kor1    3:1 | of the person to whom we referred at the beginning of 01Kor1    3:1 | of our account, whose story we have been eager to write 01Kor1    9:4 | he descended from Mount Sinai. We do not say that he 01Kor1    9:7 | consider us bold or what we have said. We may be 01Kor1    9:7 | or what we have said. We may be subject to censure 01Kor1    9:8 | But we feel justified in that, there 01Kor1    22:15 | Yet when we hear that “Jesus began to 01Kor1    24:6 | whom we have mentioned before, as well 01Kor1    26:4 | here are, first, Hovsep, whom we have mentioned at the beginning 01Kor1    28:1 | went to their reward as we have written. We did not 01Kor1    28:1 | reward as we have written. We did not record them by 01Kor1    28:1 | old tales; on the contrary, we witnessed their countenances, as assistants 01Kor1    28:2 | We have done this for my 01Kor1    28:2 | resort to false eloquence, but we wrote this concise work by 01Kor1    28:3 | For we could not record in detail 01Kor1    28:3 | by this easier apostolic Acts. We set aside a multitude of 01Kor1    28:4 | And we related this not for the 02Agat1    2:16 | came to you, so that we might share in exacting vengeance 02Agat1    4:2 | the following import: “Why should we arise to do battle in 02Agat1    4:3 | me from the Byzantine troops. We will go to a place 02Agat1    4:4 | be subject to you and we shall obey you. Thus, without 02Agat1    5:31 | life is not hopeless, for we worship the living one who 02Agat1    5:31 | when he wishes [cf. Rom. 4.17]. For although we die, yet we live 02Agat1    5:31 | For although we die, yet we live 02Agat1    5:32 | the model of life, so we who die for his sake 02Agat1    7:5 | destiny of unending life, which we would have enjoyed if we 02Agat1    7:5 | we would have enjoyed if we had kept the commandment that 02Agat1    7:8 | For if we had observed your commandment, Lord 02Agat1    7:9 | We sowed and increased, as you 02Agat1    7:11 | so, if we had observed your commandment, you 02Agat1    7:46 | the wickedness of sin [cf. Rom. 8.2], For we are the price of your 02Agat1    7:47 | For we are not masters of ourselves 02Agat1    7:47 | not masters of ourselves if we follow our own will or 02Agat1    7:48 | But we must honor them as is 02Agat1    7:55 | that we may be able to endure 02Agat1    7:57 | as creator and God, lest we be lost in the vanity 02Agat1    7:60 | that we too may be joyful of 02Agat1    7:78 | for your name’s sake, that we may overcome the forces of 02Agat1    7:87 | worthy of his divinity, that we, seeing the divinity of the 02Agat1    7:91 | death for your life, that we may be joined to the 02Agat1    7:92 | what other return indeed can we make for the blessings that 02Agat1    7:92 | that come from you, unless we give up our lives for 02Agat1    7:93 | that we may become inheritors of your 02Agat1    7:93 | were pleasing before you and we may offer ourselves as a 02Agat1    7:93 | sacrifice to your divinity; that we may lose our lives and 02Agat1    7:94 | when we sit on your right hand 02Agat1    7:107 | But we earthly creatures, how at all 02Agat1    7:107 | creatures, how at all can we number our tribulations and sufferings 02Agat1    11:3 | been living among us and we did not recognize him. But 02Agat1    12:3 | estates [dastakert] of the Caesars (?), may we receive protection from our demigod 02Agat1    12:4 | everyone know from the orders we have sent to you, that 02Agat1    12:4 | have sent to you, that we are concerned for your prosperity 02Agat1    12:4 | for your prosperity. For when we were in the land of 02Agat1    12:4 | land of the Greeks (Byzantines), we observed the concern of the 02Agat1    12:5 | of fruits offered to them. We observed also the zeal of 02Agat1    12:6 | Furthermore, we noticed how they received as 02Agat1    12:10 | Now we also want to give a 02Agat1    12:10 | you, in all complete goodness. We command that you perform worship 02Agat1    12:10 | and his family, so do we, likewise, care for the prosperity 02Agat1    12:11 | kings, the peasants [shinakanq], residents [bnakq], [dzeratunkq (?) and dzerasun (?)], whom we have provided for, nourished, cared 02Agat1    12:13 | dwell in prosperity, as indeed we are well 02Agat1    12:16 | all, greetings. Be well, as we ourselves are well 02Agat1    12:18 | Yet when we were not able to please 02Agat1    12:19 | regards the sect of Christians, we are ordering you - whether it 02Agat1    12:19 | the worship of the gods, we command that should such Christians 02Agat1    12:23 | Be well, and we ourselves are well 02Agat1    13:13 | struggle which oppresses us, that we may overcome the traps and 02Agat1    13:13 | of your church exalted [cf. Lk. 1.69; Psalms, passim], that we too may become worthy to 02Agat1    13:17 | And we heard him say ’Although they 02Agat1    13:20 | heaven from your holiness [cf. Ps. 101.20; Baruch 2.16], lest we become like that house which 02Agat1    13:20 | us under your wings [cf. Psalms, passim], that we may reach the haven of 02Agat1    13:21 | the cup of martyrdom, that we may receive the crown as 02Agat1    14:11 | Although we have inflicted on them all 02Agat1    14:12 | Although we have made countless terrible threats 02Agat1    15:22 | this very hour in which we now find ourselves 02Agat1    15:27 | words to our mouths, that we might thereby be saved from 02Agat1    15:28 | your name’ [Matt. 6.9; Lk. 11.2] over us. This we ask from you. Behold many 02Agat1    15:28 | of your name. For although we are weak and unworthy, yet 02Agat1    15:29 | hope and chastity, that thereby we may enter the allotted number 02Agat1    15:29 | of your just ones [cf. Col. 1.12], that we may receive the rewards of 02Agat1    16:3 | ways they torment us. Will we really fear the terrible death 02Agat1    16:4 | Heaven forbid that we exchange for this transitory life 02Agat1    16:4 | not away. Heaven forbid that we deny the God ’who is’ 02Agat1    16:6 | For to him we have dedicated our virginity, to 02Agat1    16:6 | dedicated our virginity, to him we have commended our purity, for 02Agat1    16:6 | commended our purity, for him we wait and his love we 02Agat1    16:6 | we wait and his love we await with longing until we 02Agat1    16:6 | we await with longing until we stand before his praiseworthy glory 02Agat1    17:13 | the cup of death which we have to drink together 02Agat1    17:18 | you and us, so that we may dwell in God’s eternal 02Agat1    17:19 | not leave us despised [cf. I Cor. 4.10] because we desired his power. May the 02Agat1    17:20 | handmaidens from all sin, as we heard today. For his almighty 02Agat1    17:21 | come and rescue us [cf. Ps. 79.3-4]; and we shall invoke the name of 02Agat1    17:21 | his face to us and we shall live [cf. Ps. 79.20]. For he is 02Agat1    17:21 | savior, and for his sake we shall endure forever 02Agat1    17:37 | have kept firm the hope we had in you, and you 02Agat1    17:38 | But what more could we offer you in return save 02Agat1    17:38 | you, Lord, none other do we know, and we invoke your 02Agat1    17:38 | other do we know, and we invoke your name all the 02Agat1    17:40 | We must come before your only 02Agat1    17:42 | For we are from your people and 02Agat1    17:44 | torments for your name’s sake [cf. Matt. 5.11; Jn. 15.20], we are ready 02Agat1    17:46 | Truly, Lord, we rejoiced and were glad at 02Agat1    17:47 | We were glad for these days 02Agat1    17:47 | for these months in which we have seen torments 02Agat1    18:8 | These said as follows: “ We have loved you, Lord, that 02Agat1    18:8 | inclined your benign ear and we invoked you 02Agat1    18:9 | of these iniquities [cf. Deut. 32.10-11; 16.8-9; Ps. 60.5]. And behold we die for your glorious name 02Agat1    19:17 | began to speak as follows: “ We thank you, Lord, for making 02Agat1    19:17 | our earthly nature so that we might become worthy of your 02Agat1    19:19 | your name’s sake die daily; we have been considered as a 02Agat1    20:29 | the blessed Gregory’s feet, saying: “ We beg you to forgive the 02Agat1    20:29 | to forgive the crime which we committed against you 02Agat1    20:40 | all our evil crimes which we perpetrated on you, and beseech 02Agat1    20:40 | on our behalf so that we will not be lost 02Agat1    21:9 | were tortured and killed, and we judged them according to our 02Agat1    21:15 | And truly we have attained gloriously the cross 02Agat1    21:15 | by the passion of Christ we may enjoy his will and 02Agat1    21:29 | for those who commemorate them; we pray to have their intercession 02Agat1    21:34 | bodily sufferings and terrible pains. We were tormented more than any 02Agat1    21:36 | I was previously unworthy, behold we now serve among your words 02Agat1    21:36 | profit for souls and bodies. We have been made the doctor 02Agat1    22:1 | with one mouth: “Now have we any hope of forgiveness from 02Agat1    22:1 | of forgiveness from God? For we were lost in our ignorance 02Agat1    22:3 | and confirm our minds that we may be able to appeal 02Agat1    22:3 | face of our creator whom we did not know, if he 02Agat1    22:4 | not remember the crimes which we did to you, and will 02Agat1    22:9 | Although we were unworthy, nonetheless he preserved 02Agat1    22:19 | If we see you turning towards the 02Agat1    22:19 | the divinity with prompt readiness, we shall with good-will begin 02Agat1    22:20 | And how for the present we must walk following the commandments 02Agat1    22:22 | We shall begin from the beginning 02Agat1    22:23 | But at the very beginning we shall tell you of the 02Agat1    22:24 | We shall strive to complete everything 02Agat1    22:24 | instruction, following the divine command. We considered it of great importance 02Agat1    22:24 | suitable and appropriate terms, since we are speaking about the deity 02Agat1    22:24 | speaking about the deity. For we know that he is the 02Agat1    22:31 | Similarly, we shall begin by the omniscient 02Agat3    1:14 | the intercession of these saints we hope to attain the same 02Agat3    4:1 | So, come, we shall tell you, brethren, of 02Agat3    10:2 | as a goal: “That united we may attain the measure of 02Agat3    10:9 | the entire universe, where shall we flee to 02Agat3    10:10 | in the northern regions. Maybe we will be able to survive 02Agat3    14:7 | the Edict: “From earliest times we were lost, enveloped in the 02Agat3    14:7 | the sun of righteousness [cf. Mai. 4.2]; therefore, we were blinded and immersed in 02Agat3    14:14 | mercy and through your prayers we send you greetings - I king 02Agat3    14:15 | Therefore, we have sent to you the 02Agat3    14:16 | And we have had sent to you 02Agat3    14:16 | confessor of Christ, Gregory. And we have written this edict to 02Agat3    14:17 | of his mercy and that we may walk righteously in his 02Agat3    18:10 | to us, with unbounded joy we have thanked the immutable glory 02Agat3    18:19 | Now when we saw this man who is 02Agat3    18:19 | is so marvelous, and when we heard of the mighty wonders 02Agat3    18:19 | accomplished through him among you, we were submerged in the depths 02Agat3    18:19 | unceasing mouth and unresting voice we blessed our Lord Jesus Christ 02Agat3    18:19 | and dispenser of gifts. And we offered thanksgiving to God the 02Agat3    24:8 | Now when we hear that “Jesus began to 02Agat3    24:8 | is to instruct us that we intercede for each other; and 02Agat3    28:14 | is the man through whom we came to know God’s benevolence 02Agat3    30:1 | Now as we have received the command of 02Agat3    30:1 | of chronicles, in this way we composed our work, setting everything 02Agat3    30:2 | But we looked, as in a mirror 02Agat3    30:6 | narrative in the proper fashion, we have not set all this 02Agat3    30:6 | from the spiritual deeds that we ourselves saw with our own 02Agat3    30:6 | from the graceful teaching that we heard and of which we 02Agat3    30:6 | we heard and of which we were servants [cf. Lk. 1.2] according to the 02Agat3    30:7 | We did not make skillful yet 02Agat3    30:7 | from famous and knowledgeable men, we have set down the main 02Agat3    30:8 | For we were not able to indicate 02Agat3    30:8 | done by the saints, but we have taken refuge in the 02Agat3    30:9 | Hence in similar fashion we have made our narrative, not 02Agat3    31:1 | This is the true faith. We believe as we have been 02Agat3    31:1 | true faith. We believe as we have been baptized, and we 02Agat3    31:1 | we have been baptized, and we glorify as we have seen 02Agat3    31:1 | baptized, and we glorify as we have seen the light of 02Agat3    31:2 | We believe in the name of 02Agat3    31:3 | We believe in the Father, perfect 02Agat3    31:4 | We believe in one God the 02Agat3    31:10 | And we confess the Father without beginning 02Agat3    31:18 | We also believe in the divine 02Agat3    31:21 | persons of the Trinity. And we hold this true faith from 02Agat3    31:22 | We believe and confess the universal 02Agat3    31:22 | universal holy Catholic church, and we look for the resurrection of 02Agat3    31:22 | dead and eternal life, and we glorify in unison and together 03Buz3    1:2 | the proper ordering of events, we too have briefly recorded some 03Buz3    1:4 | the wall of a building we recorded 03Buz3    3:19 | speak the truth and confessed: “ We came to destroy this place 03Buz3    3:20 | alone is God. And now we acknowledge and believe that He 03Buz3    3:21 | Thus, we are now bound and unable 03Buz3    6:9 | If we do not ravage, do not 03Buz3    6:9 | huge multitude of troops as we live?” Although Grigoris wanted to 03Buz3    6:10 | to destroy our lives. If we should listen to him and 03Buz3    6:10 | the Christian faith, how will we live, for we will be 03Buz3    6:10 | how will we live, for we will be unable to mount 03Buz3    11:8 | their impious, unbelieving, godless orders. We hope this will never happen 03Buz3    11:13 | We shall celebrate the feast and 03Buz3    20:35 | coal to heat iron so we may blind this king of 03Buz3    21:2 | saying: “What is this that we are doing, mourning? The enemy 03Buz4    3:16 | thing in the king’s presence: “ We do not want anyone else 03Buz4    5:9 | the birth of God, as we can convince you with countless 03Buz4    5:9 | you with countless testimonies, then we can wash and cleanse you 03Buz4    5:11 | and renewal of life, then we will also honor your son 03Buz4    5:11 | and cleanses from sins, and we will ask our Lord Jesus 03Buz4    5:20 | an immortal body, so that we, people, not only lived in 03Buz4    5:22 | say, from the Virgin that we had, God was born as 03Buz4    5:22 | born as a man, that we, freed from life, from the 03Buz4    5:39 | Instead, we will enjoy the grace of 03Buz4    5:46 | When we die, we will see him 03Buz4    5:46 | When we die, we will see him, as the 03Buz4    5:46 | Apostle Paul says, that now we see him in a prominent 03Buz4    5:50 | convert to the true faith, we will ask the Lord for 03Buz4    5:51 | there be, or how dare we stand before him, ask and 03Buz4    5:66 | Even now, if we believe, Jesus Christ, the Son 03Buz4    6:11 | water for us, so that we could, having repented, wash ourselves 03Buz4    6:11 | us so many benefits, while we have not even thanked him 03Buz4    6:11 | to starve to death when we have been persecuted in the 03Buz4    6:12 | No, it is not so, we will ask with faith, and 03Buz4    6:12 | given to us. Well, are we asking for a sign 03Buz4    6:13 | this He will prepare what we need 03Buz4    6:14 | We are not of those about 03Buz4    6:15 | What we need cannot be obtained without 03Buz4    6:25 | a little virtue, only that we love him, for which he 03Buz4    8:3 | it does not seem that we won through violence and deception 03Buz4    8:32 | let him out of prison, we will burn the whole city 03Buz4    10:10 | We hurried to gather here in 03Buz4    10:11 | have turned into a wasteland; we need to curb Valent, who 03Buz4    10:14 | come at the same hour, we will also come 03Buz4    10:24 | They answered: “As we left (yesterday) from you, so 03Buz4    10:24 | left (yesterday) from you, so we immediately killed the enemy of 03Buz4    10:24 | and by this very hour we have returned to you 03Buz4    11:11 | and upon you, the bearers. We too have many rocks with 03Buz4    12:15 | had existed and were lost, we would search for them wherever 03Buz4    13:19 | sins which you have committed, we will command all the land 03Buz4    13:19 | and supplicate for you and we shall enter into atonement with 03Buz4    14:14 | the holy places, he continued: “ We shall demolish these places, for 03Buz4    15:31 | vardapet of love, so that we spare each other, looking to 03Buz4    15:31 | in piety, and so that we dare not harm each other 03Buz4    20:5 | you are on our side, we shall triumph 03Buz4    20:26 | For,” he said, “ we, the entire Aryan forces would 03Buz4    20:27 | Now what fitting reward can we give him 03Buz4    20:48 | They all replied together: “ We heard that long ago, but 03Buz4    24:25 | with their pagan faith note: “ We are taking the bones of 03Buz4    51:2 | one year’s rest from warfare. We have wiped the sweat from 03Buz4    51:3 | We are unable to stand it 03Buz4    51:3 | stand it anymore, nor are we able to fight anymore. It 03Buz4    51:3 | anymore. It is better that we leave Arshak and go to 03Buz4    51:3 | are serving him, have done. We shall do this, because we 03Buz4    51:3 | We shall do this, because we are unable to fight further 03Buz4    51:5 | as he feels the need; we are leaving him and do 03Buz4    51:16 | to his own place, for we cannot heed such words 03Buz4    53:1 | Arshak of Armenia, saying: “If we are in agreement with each 03Buz4    53:1 | with each other, come so we may see each other, and 03Buz4    54:5 | priest, Mari, said to me: ’We gave him the oath justly 03Buz4    54:10 | war with the Aryans, and we have not triumphed for one 03Buz4    54:12 | Excuse us for today. Tomorrow we shall respond to you 03Buz4    54:15 | said to him: “Do what we tell you to do. Keep 03Buz4    54:29 | shall not excuse this until we again come to occupy our 03Buz4    54:42 | had not forsaken us. While we acted according to his word 03Buz4    54:42 | accepted his counsel, be aware, we could have taught you a 03Buz4    54:42 | But with our eyes open, we fell into the abyss 03Buz5    4:11 | of them to live. For we will bind them and take 03Buz5    4:13 | happen to you, how could we face our king, or what 03Buz5    4:13 | king, or what answer could we give him? If we remain 03Buz5    4:13 | could we give him? If we remain alive here, without you 03Buz5    4:13 | here, without you, and if we reach our emperor, we would 03Buz5    4:13 | if we reach our emperor, we would be criminally responsible before 03Buz5    4:14 | But king, you do as we tell you. Take the archbishop 03Buz5    4:41 | according to our deeds, then we cannot resist his will and 03Buz5    4:44 | For we have sinned and acted lawlessly 03Buz5    4:44 | and have sinned in everything, we have not listened to your 03Buz5    4:45 | We have not kept them and 03Buz5    4:50 | you want to guide us, we are in your hands at 03Buz5    4:69 | he is as honorable as we, his ancestors as our aneestors 03Buz5    4:69 | father, the miraculous Nerses, and we were favored with much peace 03Buz5    5:20 | immovable tower. As soon as we routed them a bit, they 03Buz5    25:1 | of the beloved Daniel, whom we recalled above. At the hour 03Buz5    28:11 | sake of our righteousness, for we have not done any good 03Buz5    28:11 | have spread out on us, we dare to ask you, a 03Buz5    30:2 | The princes and naxarars spoke: “ We know now that our country 03Buz5    30:5 | forsaken and abandoned us, and we will be unable to raise 03Buz5    32:3 | disturbance, give them up. Otherwise, we will wage great warfare 03Buz5    33:1 | the princes asked: “What shall we do, how shall we act 03Buz5    33:1 | shall we do, how shall we act? Should we seek to 03Buz5    33:1 | how shall we act? Should we seek to avenge our king 03Buz5    33:2 | they confirmed in discussion that: “ We cannot enter the service of 03Buz5    33:2 | the Byzantine emperor, nor can we make enemies of both of 03Buz5    33:2 | of both of them. But we cannot survive without the aid 03Buz5    37:16 | loyally done for you Arsacids. We gave our lives, living and 03Buz5    37:16 | battle for king Arshak, and we have always labored and worked 03Buz5    37:19 | We are not your servants but 03Buz5    37:19 | servants but your peers, and we are above you. For our 03Buz5    37:19 | among brothers, to avoid bloodshed, we left that land and to 03Buz5    37:19 | land and to find rest we stopped here in Armenia 03Buz5    37:20 | first Arsacid kings knew who we were and where we came 03Buz5    37:20 | who we were and where we came from. But you, since 03Buz5    43:31 | during peace between us that we were in one place together 03Buz5    43:32 | at these identical emblems. Perhaps we can discover the sorcerer of 03Buz5    43:34 | be killed because of you? We have spotted you and today 03Buz6    1:8 | is in our midst. First, we divide it into two, under 03Buz6    1:8 | under two Arsacid kings whom we installed. Later through them we 03Buz6    1:8 | we installed. Later through them we shall try to destroy and 04Yegh1    2:27 | for you. Be well, and we ourselves are well by the 04Yegh1    2:28 | Without causing you any trouble we marched into the land of 04Yegh1    2:28 | warfare by our loving benevolence we subjected the whole land to 04Yegh1    2:29 | immediately accomplish this command which we impose 04Yegh1    2:30 | We have decided in our infallible 04Yegh2    1:8 | than most others—as indeed we see not only in ordinary 04Yegh2    1:13 | Although we are not permitted to censure 04Yegh2    1:13 | permitted to censure princes, yet we cannot praise the man who 04Yegh2    2:37 | impious ministers: “With what shall we repay the gods for this 04Yegh2    2:44 | are witnesses to us that we were never tardy in the 04Yegh2    2:44 | the king’s service, nor did we ever mingle cowardice with our 04Yegh2    3:53 | many other ignominious torments, which we did not consider suitable to 04Yegh2    4:99 | your lord has, especially because we have to give account for 04Yegh2    5:105 | is even worse than what we have just written, they preach 04Yegh2    6:130 | From our ancestors we have retained the divinely-instituted 04Yegh2    6:130 | that in its extended peace we too may complete our lives 04Yegh2    6:143 | wickedness, as indeed happened; but we have as judge the creative 04Yegh2    6:144 | peace and salvation, so that we might know the one God 04Yegh2    6:146 | good spirits, whom you and we call angels. If they wish 04Yegh2    8:177 | claim to be actually real— we no longer believe in fables 04Yegh2    8:183 | so study divine Scripture that we may escape those torments, scorn 04Yegh2    8:197 | But we acknowledge God in this fashion 04Yegh2    8:197 | fashion, and in the same we believe without doubting 04Yegh2    9:201 | But because we were unable to see the 04Yegh2    9:201 | to our humanity so that we might attain his divinity 04Yegh2    9:203 | and not a duality. Consequently, we acknowledge the divinity as one 04Yegh2    9:211 | us with this same faith, we shall not exchange you for 04Yegh2    9:211 | earth, nor in heaven shall we exchange for another god Jesus 04Yegh2    9:212 | you ask further questions, behold we have given our entire bodies 04Yegh2    9:214 | We are no better than our 04Yegh2    9:215 | For if we were immortal and it was 04Yegh2    9:215 | order that by his death we might be saved from eternal 04Yegh2    9:216 | not spare his own immortality, we— since we become mortal by 04Yegh2    9:216 | his own immortality, we—since we become mortal by our own 04Yegh2    9:216 | us with his own immortality; we shall die as mortals so 04Yegh2    9:217 | not with a man that we may be deceived like children 04Yegh2    10:251 | We beg you, noble sovereign, give 04Yegh2    10:251 | and listen kindly to what we have to say 04Yegh2    11:252 | We remind you of the time 04Yegh2    11:252 | religion as that by which we still live today. Our fathers 04Yegh2    11:253 | accession to your ancestral throne we have performed the same service 04Yegh2    11:256 | you also imposed taxes. And we, in our loyalty to your 04Yegh2    11:266 | to treat us, do so. We are all ready for every 04Yegh2    12:277 | and said in their hearts: “ We have all offered our brothers 04Yegh2    12:283 | as your eyes see what we have not yet done—now 04Yegh2    12:283 | yet done—now before you we pour out our requests 04Yegh2    13:312 | Everyone shall fulfill all that we have said for a period 04Yegh3    1:1 | ALTHOUGH we are unable to mention all 04Yegh3    1:1 | contingent in the army, yet we do not wish to remain 04Yegh3    1:1 | hide their cruel afflictions. But we shall give a summary so 04Yegh3    1:1 | give a summary so that we may join our voices to 04Yegh3    1:24 | of refuge; when danger approached, we went to you for safety 04Yegh3    3:58 | We had no idea of the 04Yegh3    3:58 | their wealth, but this much we truly understood—that the whole 04Yegh3    3:66 | This we know by report. But what 04Yegh3    3:68 | If we had not hastened to take 04Yegh3    4:78 | are true. What at first, we did not understand, you saw 04Yegh3    4:78 | understand, you saw, and now we regret it greatly 04Yegh3    4:83 | winter quarters in Armenia. When we have them to hand there 04Yegh3    4:84 | to my suggestion. For if we use force against this country 04Yegh3    4:84 | it will be destroyed, and we too shall not escape damage 04Yegh3    4:99 | raised their voices and note: “ We beg you all by this 04Yegh3    5:101 | of witness from men; if we have intentionally strayed from you 04Yegh3    5:102 | But if we stand firm in the covenant 04Yegh3    5:102 | truth into our hands that we may deal with them according 04Yegh3    5:114 | people cried out in thanks: “ We are ready for persecution and 04Yegh3    5:114 | our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby we were reborn to the one 04Yegh3    5:114 | Jesus. In the same fashion we wish to renew ourselves by 04Yegh3    5:115 | For we recognize the Holy Gospel as 04Yegh3    6:138 | do not do this willingly, we have a command to build 04Yegh3    6:147 | valor, some of their commands we have opposed and many more 04Yegh3    6:147 | have opposed and many more we are ready to continue opposing 04Yegh3    6:148 | We have chosen death in piety 04Yegh3    6:148 | extend further help to us, we will have gained a second 04Yegh3    7:156 | their former pact and note: “ We are ready to kill and 04Yegh3    8:183 | for acquiring transitory grandeur do we make this prayer, but in 04Yegh3    8:184 | We are ready to die for 04Yegh3    8:184 | but if it happens that we slaughter them, we shall be 04Yegh3    8:184 | happens that we slaughter them, we shall be avengers of the 04Yegh3    9:217 | prayers might beg God that “ we might conclude our enterprise as 04Yegh3    9:217 | might conclude our enterprise as we have begun it 04Yegh3    10:236 | While we were on a distant campaign 04Yegh3    10:236 | on a distant campaign, before we had brought any military operation 04Yegh3    11:251 | purchased, that anyone has seized, we have ordered to be returned 04Yegh3    11:259 | But should we believe his inconsistent order? What 04Yegh3    11:259 | inconsistent order? What benevolence have we seen directed to all the 04Yegh3    11:262 | However, we live by God’s power and 04Yegh3    11:262 | of the power. The same we believe to be the true 04Yegh3    11:262 | be the true God, and we wait for him to come 04Yegh3    11:263 | We shall not be deceived like 04Yegh3    11:263 | tricked like the witless; rather, we are ready for every test 04Yegh3    11:264 | We beseech God and ceaselessly beg 04Yegh3    11:264 | beg his great mercy that we may complete what we have 04Yegh3    11:264 | that we may complete what we have begun with valor and 04Yegh3    11:266 | inhabitants bear us witness that we have not failed in our 04Yegh3    11:267 | Should we now trust his unworthy mouth 04Yegh3    11:268 | We are unable today suddenly to 04Yegh3    11:270 | We do not believe him, nor 04Yegh3    11:270 | not believe him, nor shall we accept his false command 04Yegh4    1:1 | many struck by us, for we were still united and agreed 04Yegh5    1:4 | So, did we observe with our own eyes 04Yegh5    1:14 | participated in many battles. Sometimes we have valiantly beaten the enemy 04Yegh5    1:14 | defeated us. More often, though, we have been the victors than 04Yegh5    1:15 | were for earthly distinction, as we fought at the command of 04Yegh5    1:17 | So now we have many wounds and scars 04Yegh5    1:17 | have been performed for which we received great rewards 04Yegh5    1:19 | Now if we accomplished these deeds of valor 04Yegh5    1:19 | commander, how much more will we do for our immortal king 04Yegh5    1:20 | a very advanced age, yet we would still have to leave 04Yegh5    1:20 | the living God, from whom we shall be separated no more 04Yegh5    1:22 | puts victory in our grasp, we shall destroy their power so 04Yegh5    1:22 | with joyful hearts—provided only we do not mingle cowardice with 04Yegh5    1:23 | how in our secret thoughts we remained united with him 04Yegh5    1:24 | You yourselves well know how we sought means of comforting our 04Yegh5    1:24 | in great tribulation, so that we might struggle together against the 04Yegh5    1:25 | And since we were unable to help them 04Yegh5    1:25 | the sake of human love we exchange God for men 04Yegh5    2:26 | or three battles so that we acquired the repute of valor 04Yegh5    2:29 | He who supposed that we put on Christianity like a 04Yegh5    2:31 | Although in the body we are on earth, yet by 04Yegh5    2:31 | on earth, yet by faith we are established in heaven where 04Yegh5    2:34 | sake of the divine religion we have gained glory for ourselves 04Yegh5    2:34 | deeds—how much more would we gain if we were to 04Yegh5    2:34 | more would we gain if we were to die for the 04Yegh5    2:36 | injunction of this saying. As we appeared to men most impious 04Yegh5    2:36 | impious, in double measure shall we appear the most righteous to 04Yegh5    2:37 | day when men heard that we were implicated in an impious 04Yegh5    2:42 | Then we were afflicted in soul and 04Yegh5    2:42 | like grieving mourners. But today we are joyful, happy, and yet 04Yegh5    2:42 | both respects at once, for we see the benevolent Lord with 04Yegh5    2:43 | sign of doubt. Long ago we rejected doubt, likewise let fear 04Yegh5    3:58 | with the false priests whom we mentioned above, through them claiming 04Yegh5    3:62 | expulsion from the divine garden, we were exposed to merciless condemnation 04Yegh5    3:62 | our sins of transgression which we had unworthily committed in our 04Yegh5    3:62 | in our desire for freedom. We brought upon ourselves the force 04Yegh5    3:66 | Christ’s death; for with whom we die, with the same we 04Yegh5    3:66 | we die, with the same we shall also live 04Yegh5    3:71 | God, how much more should we— who were eyewitnesses and greatly 04Yegh5    3:72 | for his immortal power, lest we be inferior to those zealous 04Yegh5    4:86 | As we know all this, brethren, let 04Yegh5    4:87 | to us as double: if we die, we shall live; and 04Yegh5    4:87 | as double: if we die, we shall live; and if we 04Yegh5    4:87 | we shall live; and if we put to death, the same 04Yegh5    4:92 | Although we may look down on the 04Yegh5    4:92 | lower region of this earth, we see it filled with all 04Yegh5    5:103 | But since we have seen the heavenly light 04Yegh5    5:110 | Moreover, we see that you have this 04Yegh6    1:8 | They all cried out, saying: “ We thank you, our Lord God 04Yegh6    1:15 | another, saying: “What need have we of life in this transitory 04Yegh6    1:15 | transitory world, or why should we see the sun after the 04Yegh6    1:16 | dangerous afflictions and terrible deprivations— we shall not obey your deceitful 04Yegh6    2:30 | But just as we have often shown the impious 04Yegh6    5:104 | calamities: all the tortures which we endured, the great losses inflicted 04Yegh6    6:141 | They consoled one another, saying: “ We fought bravely, let us endure 04Yegh6    6:142 | We have learned from our holy 04Yegh6    6:144 | us beg God only that we may be able to endure 04Yegh6    6:145 | We have heard of the sentence 04Yegh6    6:150 | encouraged each other, saying: “Since we know this, brethren, let us 04Yegh6    6:150 | to their own destruction. But we shall call on the name 04Yegh7    1:14 | king and note: “Noble king, we know from our religion that 04Yegh7    2:32 | been entrusted to us, but we do not remember any prisoner 04Yegh7    2:33 | Now we say to you: If you 04Yegh7    2:34 | Furthermore, we are awestruck and very fearful 04Yegh7    2:34 | awestruck and very fearful when we see such unbearable afflictions 04Yegh7    2:47 | not be slow, for even we pleaded with him about your 04Yegh7    2:48 | readiness from the beginning? Therefore, we easily endure this great tribulation 04Yegh7    2:48 | love of that hope which we shall see 04Yegh7    2:49 | tribulation of our bodies. But we are not at all fatigued 04Yegh7    2:50 | But we, for love of our Christ 04Yegh7    2:50 | greatly rejoice at this, and we even consider it to be 04Yegh7    2:50 | a perfect favor so that we may inherit eternal blessings by 04Yegh7    3:51 | If we were to desire buildings, we 04Yegh7    3:51 | we were to desire buildings, we have mansions in heaven made 04Yegh7    3:54 | ordered to be provided us— we had the power back in 04Yegh7    3:54 | escaped such troubles. But as we came willingly and readily, although 04Yegh7    3:54 | came willingly and readily, although we knew the perils of our 04Yegh7    3:54 | not fear such hardships, likewise we also wish that you bring 04Yegh7    3:55 | that conformably with his immortality we too in our mortal bodies 04Yegh7    3:55 | rewards of our labors—then we count as insignificant these torments 04Yegh7    3:67 | We thank you, God, we thank 04Yegh7    3:67 | We thank you, God, we thank you and join the 04Yegh7    4:77 | to join our company. For we have been waiting for them 04Yegh7    4:78 | But one whom we did not expect has come 04Yegh7    4:82 | Henceforth we shall no longer say: ’I 04Yegh7    4:86 | holy vision, and blessed are we for his approaching us, because 04Yegh7    4:86 | approaching us, because through him we have learned for sure that 04Yegh7    4:89 | We make this newly found creature 04Yegh7    5:108 | for by this time tomorrow we shall have forgotten all the 04Yegh7    5:108 | all the tribulations and torments we have endured 04Yegh7    5:109 | return for our small travail we shall receive manifold relief; instead 04Yegh7    5:109 | instead of this gloomy prison we shall enter the heavenly city 04Yegh7    6:126 | with the Holy Spirit, that we may be found pleasing before 04Yegh7    6:130 | Christ. Through the many intercessors we have with him, the flame 04Yegh7    6:145 | find people saying that while we were desiring to subject others 04Yegh7    6:145 | to subject others, on them we were unable to have any 04Yegh7    6:147 | If we enter into a debate with 04Yegh7    6:148 | But if we condemn him with other criminals 04Yegh7    6:150 | to magi and chief-magi, we ourselves will become the destroyers 04Yegh7    7:155 | tribunal outside the camp, as we said, twelve leagues distant 04Yegh7    7:172 | seemed to the nobles that “ we have softened their obstinacy and 04Yegh7    7:172 | their stubborn recalcitrance; now whatever we say, they will obey our 04Yegh7    8:183 | Sahak interpret, spoke: “How could we obey your equivocal orders? Behold 04Yegh7    8:184 | talk to us as if we were children, for we are 04Yegh7    8:184 | if we were children, for we are grown up and not 04Yegh7    8:186 | but to serve them as we serve the true God. And 04Yegh7    8:186 | the true God. And if we suffer any wrong from them 04Yegh7    8:187 | Not only are we obliged to render them devoted 04Yegh7    8:187 | for love of the king we must go so far as 04Yegh7    8:188 | Just as on earth we do not have the power 04Yegh7    8:188 | another lord, so in heaven we have no power to change 04Yegh7    8:192 | our firm convictions by stealth. We are not alone as you 04Yegh7    8:199 | Therefore, we are long-suffering with regard 04Yegh7    8:199 | regard to your ignorance, because we do not hate men like 04Yegh7    9:203 | fight each other, how shall we— who are much humbler than 04Yegh7    9:204 | water and fire so that we may learn concord from them 04Yegh7    9:218 | teaching, do not suppose that we shall do likewise; for the 04Yegh7    9:218 | our minds are open and we see clearly 04Yegh7    9:219 | the eyes of the body we see Creation and understand that 04Yegh7    9:221 | despair—in which, like you, we once thought visible things were 04Yegh7    9:221 | things were the Creator and we used to commit all sorts 04Yegh7    9:224 | We are ready to die following 04Yegh7    10:243 | by day and night—that we might preserve the unity of 04Yegh7    10:244 | body, even more so are we all. For there is no 04Yegh7    10:247 | to his own soul; for we are not masters of ourselves 04Yegh7    10:249 | But we cannot transgress the command of 04Yegh7    10:249 | of our King, nor are we able to exchange our eternal 04Yegh7    11:254 | which surpass their capacities. For we are all mortal, both he 04Yegh7    11:262 | in soul and body that we might become companions of the 04Yegh7    11:266 | of his flesh saying: ’If we became participants in the likeness 04Yegh7    11:266 | death, how much more will we participate in his Resurrection.’ 04Yegh7    11:268 | We are not at all fearful 04Yegh7    11:268 | and frightening threats, nor do we fear the cruel death which 04Yegh7    12:297 | ’We do not know. But this 04Yegh7    12:297 | not know. But this much we understand, that it is the 04Yegh7    12:299 | They all said in unison: ’We do not recognize it as 04Yegh7    13:301 | Even if we give it much nourishment, it 04Yegh7    13:301 | is greatly hungry; and if we give none at all, it 04Yegh7    13:301 | it goes out completely. If we approach and worship, it burns 04Yegh7    13:301 | it burns us; but if we do not come near at 04Yegh7    14:334 | the man from Khuzhastan whom we mentioned above remained there with 04Yegh7    14:341 | to one another: “What are we to do? How shall we 04Yegh7    14:341 | we to do? How shall we deal with the inexplicable sect 04Yegh7    14:342 | Even if we say all that of them 04Yegh7    14:342 | brash men, still what are we to do, since all the 04Yegh7    14:344 | our servants are not liars; we have been assured of their 04Yegh7    14:346 | were tormented by a demon we know were not ill at 04Yegh7    14:347 | If we keep silent there will be 04Yegh7    14:347 | and our persons. But if we bring them before the king 04Yegh8    1:6 | But in our spiritual rank we are servants of Christ and 04Yegh8    1:8 | and others of superior station. We came with those who nourished 04Yegh8    1:9 | For we have a command from our 04Yegh8    1:16 | the king in some way, we would have acted in similar 04Yegh8    1:16 | in similar fashion toward them; we would not have gone near 04Yegh8    1:16 | them at home, nor would we have followed them abroad 04Yegh8    1:17 | no reason and unjustly, so we shall revere even more their 04Yegh8    2:29 | speak again, saying: “This indignity we regard as minor, and the 04Yegh8    2:31 | gave orders in words, but we brought them to fruition by 04Yegh8    2:35 | began to offer supplications, saying: “ We beg you, valiant soldier of 04Yegh8    2:41 | left our land half-tilled. We will not cultivate the royal 04Yegh8    2:47 | greatly saddened as if supposing “ we have labored little and are 04Yegh8    3:60 | We know,” they said, “that when 04Yegh8    3:62 | prayers will ask God that we may return from captivity to 04Yegh8    3:63 | For we are extremely anxious, not merely 04Yegh8    3:63 | churches and pious ministers that we have established there 04Yegh8    3:64 | the needs of the survivors, we know that God will also 04Yegh8    3:64 | door of his mercy, that we may follow the same path 04Yegh8    3:69 | of the Resurrection, so that we may become heirs of the 04Yegh8    3:70 | For behold we see figured in you all 04Yegh8    3:71 | In you we see the restoration of our 04Yegh8    3:72 | us in open blessing that we may hear secretly in our 04Yegh8    3:74 | those same prisoners. And while we are in this impermanent body 04Yegh8    3:74 | in this impermanent body, as we have seen your blessed sanctity 04Yegh8    3:74 | your blessed sanctity, so may we— who have long been oppressed 04Yegh8    3:75 | We believe with infallible hope that 04Yegh8    3:75 | infallible hope that just as we finally were granted the sight 04Yegh8    3:75 | your holy love, so also we may soon be able to 04Yegh8    3:75 | true martyrs of Christ, as we are continuously desirous to behold 04Yegh9    1:18 | Now we are not merely astonished at 04Yegh9    1:18 | went to be tested, but we are more especially amazed that 04Yegh9    2:27 | Surely, we did not persist then out 04Yegh9    2:28 | in our minds—why did we not end our lives with 04Yegh9    2:29 | So now we beg you, and through you 04Yegh9    5:108 | visitor from afar: “When shall we be able to see our 04Yegh9    5:109 | And may we and they together inherit the 05Parp1    1:4 | words of the blessed vardapets we committed ourselves to such an 05Parp1    1:5 | For we recalled the threatening of the 05Parp1    1:5 | are forgiven. One by one we arranged the events, deeds and 05Parp1    1:7 | We describe the beheading of God’s 05Parp1    1:8 | We wrote about all the events 05Parp1    2:0 | We have examined many narrations in 05Parp1    2:0 | of Armenia. After long reading we found in them the periods 05Parp1    4:5 | just such an example were we forced to write this history 05Parp1    4:10 | We, in our weakness, were forced 05Parp1    4:11 | We have not translated this half 05Parp2    6:5 | better than himself. But should we bow and incline toward affection 05Parp2    6:5 | will be our share, and we shall bear the name of 05Parp2    6:6 | Indeed now, because we and our ancestors have enraged 05Parp2    6:6 | enraged tolerant and mild God, we have been betrayed into slavery 05Parp2    6:6 | are inconsolable at the division. We watched the haughty godless Iranian 05Parp2    10:3 | all of this down accurately. We have read (Koriwn) numerous times 05Parp2    11:1 | said to the blessed patriarch:” We who stand before you, and 05Parp2    11:6 | For we were unable to become as 05Parp2    13:1 | the Part’ew line. They note: “ We can no longer bear the 05Parp2    13:1 | foul actions of the king. We consider it better to die 05Parp2    13:2 | Moreover, because of conscience, we are unable to commune in 05Parp2    13:2 | remaining silent about it. For we learned from you and from 05Parp2    13:6 | the blessed kat’oghikos Sahak, saying: “ We are unable to find any 05Parp2    13:6 | was unworthy of the inheritance. We can think of doing nothing 05Parp2    13:7 | Now we beg you to support our 05Parp2    13:14 | I, and you too, as we learned from God, should speak 05Parp2    13:24 | Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How 05Parp2    13:29 | And why should we plot to destroy someone with 05Parp2    13:33 | us, know that just as we are resolved not to have 05Parp2    13:33 | as king, any longer, so we promise that you shall not 05Parp2    14:11 | rejected from your authority. Because we are of the same azg 05Parp2    16:1 | the true patriarch, and note: “ We have sinned before Heaven and 05Parp2    16:2 | say: ’Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed 05Parp2    16:4 | And we shall endeavor and request that 05Parp2    16:4 | the Holy Church through which we were illuminated and saw that 05Parp2    16:5 | saint’s unadulterated preaching, and lo! we and our offspring will suffer 05Parp2    17:1 | each and knows more than we can understand or think 05Parp2    17:10 | Here, we present the vision, which are 05Parp2    17:43 | through the chosen man, Paul: “ We will be caught up together 05Parp2    18:3 | hour of the day. As we know accurately the day of 05Parp2    18:3 | of the venerable Koriwn so we surely know that the saint 05Parp3    20:10 | realm are eternally lost, while we will be punished for it 05Parp3    22:1 | am thinking that just as we enjoy the benefits and other 05Parp3    22:1 | the authority of our kingdom we are therefore even more obliged 05Parp3    22:1 | Our faith informs us that we will suffer heavy punishment from 05Parp3    22:1 | punishment from the gods should we be found indifferent with regard 05Parp3    22:2 | Now if we are to be punished for 05Parp3    22:3 | Accordingly, we have had our correct and 05Parp3    22:3 | land and beloved by us, we want you to study our 05Parp3    22:3 | to worship the faith which we all clearly know is false 05Parp3    22:5 | We also want and are ordering 05Parp3    22:5 | so-called faith so that ( we can see) how lost you 05Parp3    22:6 | And when, as we, you become people who recognize 05Parp3    22:6 | dare to stray from what we and you want 05Parp3    24:0 | you would obey) God.’ We, exhorted first by the command 05Parp3    24:1 | Rather ( we wish) to implement your will 05Parp3    24:1 | order fully, voluntarily and enthusiastically. ( We wish) to serve you not 05Parp3    24:1 | only with material expenses. Rather we will shed our blood and 05Parp3    24:4 | If we are quiet on that matter 05Parp3    24:4 | a command and accept it. We cannot hear even a single 05Parp3    24:4 | single word about this, because we simply do not want to 05Parp3    24:5 | down and brought to us, we shall never listen to you 05Parp3    24:6 | When we are at court, there and 05Parp3    24:6 | your “teachers of the faith”) we have subjected to ridicule. (How 05Parp3    24:6 | to ridicule. (How much more we would ridicule) what you have 05Parp3    24:6 | read and obey, something which we neither need nor want 05Parp3    24:7 | honor your kingdom even more, we have desired not even to 05Parp3    24:7 | read what you have written. We recognize those precepts as false 05Parp3    24:7 | of a stupid person. As we have heard them many times 05Parp3    24:8 | Indeed, were we to read them, we would 05Parp3    24:8 | were we to read them, we would be forced to ridicule 05Parp3    24:9 | Consequently, we did not deem it fitting 05Parp3    24:10 | For if we did not consider the precepts 05Parp3    24:10 | at them, why then should we write down the God-loving 05Parp3    24:11 | to you about our beliefs: we do not serve the elements 05Parp3    24:11 | as you do. Nor do we revere the many gods which 05Parp3    24:12 | For we have learned about and firmly 05Parp3    25:11 | arrange this for us if we show ourselves as part of 05Parp3    26:6 | They replied: “ We recognize you as king, (king 05Parp3    26:10 | For we are satisfied with the work 05Parp3    26:10 | and toward the Aryan land. We want to dispatch you to 05Parp3    27:1 | us unless temporarily, under pretext, we do what they have commanded 05Parp3    27:3 | But were we to think solely of our 05Parp3    27:3 | resist the prince’s impious orders, we would cause the eternal ruination 05Parp3    27:12 | convince yourself for a moment, we know that many of us 05Parp3    27:29 | set this trap for us, we shall hear and obey everything 05Parp3    27:30 | Should it happen that we choose to leave the land 05Parp3    27:30 | with our women and children, we will gladly accept poverty and 05Parp3    28:9 | And if we served your ancestors with all 05Parp3    28:12 | my ancestors, from the time we had been ranked in your 05Parp3    30:6 | If we live, it is because of 05Parp3    30:6 | comes sooner or later. Should we dwell in poverty or exile 05Parp3    30:7 | the flock of Christ, and we will bear willingly all the 05Parp3    30:7 | willingly all the sorrows which we encounter—hunger, the sword, or 05Parp3    30:12 | them to his belief, that: “ We must immediately send select priests 05Parp3    30:17 | For without you neither we nor our sons shall ever 05Parp3    30:20 | thing in the world that we choose and find salvation for 05Parp3    30:20 | find salvation for our souls. We have learned and firmly hold 05Parp3    30:21 | We do not merely seek benefit 05Parp3    30:22 | Nor is it that we are fleeing out of fear 05Parp3    30:23 | always displayed toward our ancestors, we have departed to escape. As 05Parp3    30:24 | of the Gospel, nor do we wish to. God forbid 05Parp3    32:3 | of them: “How long shall we countenance hiding the truth and 05Parp3    32:9 | We confess our belief in You 05Parp3    32:12 | And we testify to and confess You 05Parp3    32:12 | the atoner of our sins— we who have apostasized and regretted 05Parp3    32:12 | have apostasized and regretted it, we who are guilty, and sought 05Parp3    32:12 | guilty, and sought your mercy, we who have fallen and (now 05Parp3    32:13 | which you clothed us when we washed in the baptismal font 05Parp3    32:14 | And now, again, we beseech Your true heavenly Father 05Parp3    32:14 | Your true heavenly Father, saying ’We have sinned against Heaven and 05Parp3    32:16 | save the guilty, grant that we may shed our blood for 05Parp3    33:5 | Let us now do as we planned to, and dispatch to 05Parp3    33:5 | to the emperor those men we want to send. After that 05Parp3    36:6 | our martyrdom with desire. Should we be worthy of attaining the 05Parp3    36:6 | deaths will crown us. (Should we live), our boys will be 05Parp3    39:11 | As we discovered through much investigation and 05Parp3    41:3 | What reply do you think we should give to the men 05Parp3    41:5 | Furthermore, we must think about what might 05Parp3    42:14 | to greet us. Think what we ought to do, command us 05Parp3    42:14 | to do, command us, and we will do it 05Parp3    42:22 | holy man replied: “Of all we have said to you, we 05Parp3    42:22 | we have said to you, we forgot to ask the most 05Parp3    43:5 | just kings and princes. But we refuse to replace the fear 05Parp3    43:6 | the fire which, you say, we killed, in no way did 05Parp3    43:6 | killed, in no way did we harm it either by beating 05Parp3    43:6 | scornfully abandoned it and departed. We saw no man, but only 05Parp3    43:6 | giving it any attention, until we took the ashes and extinguished 05Parp3    43:6 | ashes and extinguished it. For we had always observed its attendants 05Parp3    43:7 | to you about us—that we took the fire and extinguished 05Parp3    43:8 | according to your doctrine, which we have heard from your teachers 05Parp3    43:8 | of fire. Not only did we not extinguish or harm the 05Parp3    43:8 | or harm the fire, but we were honoring it, and doing 05Parp3    43:9 | abandoned the fire, and not we who took it and gave 05Parp3    44:11 | do not frighten us. For we did not, as some now 05Parp3    44:11 | without a plan; nor do we regret it. Nor do we 05Parp3    44:11 | we regret it. Nor do we stand in your awesome presence 05Parp3    44:11 | fear rather than joy. Rather, we are happy and delighted with 05Parp3    44:11 | happy and delighted with what we have done. We are surrounded 05Parp3    44:11 | with what we have done. We are surrounded by diverse sorrows 05Parp3    44:11 | await death eagerly, so that we be worthy 05Parp3    44:21 | and were crowned. And indeed, we encouraged them and were their 05Parp3    44:24 | from his own mouth. Now we saw that you were somewhat 05Parp3    44:24 | destroyer of your land (Ghewond). We are well informed about all 05Parp3    44:27 | and the same determination, and we hope we shall be worthy 05Parp3    44:27 | same determination, and we hope we shall be worthy to die 05Parp3    45:12 | one of our number whom we shall select (may speak) so 05Parp3    45:12 | plans and actions of what we undertook. For we should not 05Parp3    45:12 | of what we undertook. For we should not all speak before 05Parp3    45:15 | hold a faith which neither we, nor our ancestors’ ancestors knew 05Parp3    45:15 | ancestors’ ancestors knew nor served. We often protested that it was 05Parp3    45:16 | faith. With our lips atremble we exalted that false (religion), wanting 05Parp3    45:16 | of you. In our hearts we regarded the deed as loathsome 05Parp3    45:16 | the deed as loathsome, and we hated (doing it), but we 05Parp3    45:16 | we hated (doing it), but we decided to get ourselves free 05Parp3    45:20 | do not fear. Return, and we shall write a letter to 05Parp3    45:20 | a force. (The Byzantines) and we, united, will tire out the 05Parp3    46:0 | and extremely angry fashion: “Indeed we have heard about all of 05Parp3    46:1 | to read, and from which we were accurately informed of this 05Parp3    46:3 | and see us, as though we were unaware of your treacherous 05Parp3    46:14 | ready and waiting for you.” We were accurately informed about his 05Parp3    48:7 | strengthened the enemy’s side. And we, defeated, returned full of shame 05Parp3    48:9 | explanation for the bad experiences we have had from the enemy 05Parp3    48:10 | day. Indeed, (for this reason) we have been mercilessly punished by 05Parp3    50:3 | Since,” he said, “ we have accurately learned that those 05Parp3    50:6 | Furthermore, we have been informed by trustworthy 05Parp3    50:12 | will be freed from bondage; we, with the power of the 05Parp3    51:7 | But behold, now we are about to leave you 05Parp3    51:7 | and His holy Spirit that we, with intrepid encouragement, be worthy 05Parp3    51:7 | desirable heavenward road, and that we salute the most merciful Christ 05Parp3    51:12 | be in anyone’s heart? For we are worthy to see in 05Parp3    51:14 | God with great gladness, saying: “ We thank You, God, that through 05Parp3    51:16 | We thank you, Savior, for making 05Parp3    51:17 | We are now strengthened and encouraged 05Parp3    51:18 | We depart from those who have 05Parp3    51:21 | in glory: ’For your sake we are being killed all the 05Parp3    51:21 | killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to 05Parp3    53:1 | of the bound presbyters (whom we are taking out today), or 05Parp3    53:2 | to a bitter death, while we shall be guiltless for such 05Parp3    53:7 | you to the district where we are travelling to and settle 05Parp3    53:13 | preparing to go?” They replied: “ We are ready to go wherever 05Parp3    55:17 | We all have the same responses 05Parp3    55:17 | not altered them, as though we thoughtlessly and foolishly said them 05Parp3    55:18 | by day, why today should we be less fervent about the 05Parp3    55:18 | fervent about the good deed we accomplished than yesterday? We have 05Parp3    55:18 | deed we accomplished than yesterday? We have resolved to live or 05Parp3    55:18 | together with the same faith we now have 05Parp3    55:19 | refuse, you will die and we shall order them killed’—God 05Parp3    55:19 | them killed’—God forbid that we should apostasize the truth and 05Parp3    55:20 | the king’s order, and that we consider you and the one 05Parp3    55:22 | to say to Yovsep’: “Although we regard your enmity toward us 05Parp3    55:22 | call us mindless and lost, we consider these personal insults as 05Parp3    55:23 | However, we must know the wishes and 05Parp3    56:3 | venerable man of God, Ghewond: “ We have heard that no one 05Parp3    56:6 | with saint Sahak alone, saying: “ We must respond to their question 05Parp3    56:9 | to give, God forbid that we should accept honor from mortal 05Parp3    56:9 | digs up and carries away. We cannot compare this to the 05Parp3    56:10 | the cup of death, which we hurry to drink as thirsty 05Parp3    56:12 | to do, and delay not. We ask that God grant us 05Parp3    57:1 | We thank you Christ, for sharing 05Parp3    57:1 | eternal sacrifice. And now that we are being sacrificed, accept all 05Parp3    57:10 | events, pressing him warmly, and we have truthfully written what he 05Parp3    57:12 | to all the Christians. Then we shall be condemned to death 05Parp3    57:25 | and belief is great, while we, damaged by ignorance, will be 05Parp3    57:41 | We heard these many times from 05Parp3    57:41 | with enthusiastic concern. For although we were not able to recall 05Parp3    57:41 | of our feeble-mindedness) nonetheless we were not careless to lazily 05Parp3    58:2 | vardapets from Niwshapuh and departed. We wanted to accompany them, but 05Parp3    58:2 | and say so, so that we, too, can go there with 05Parp3    58:2 | with them and not return. We are prepared to go and 05Parp3    58:2 | only to see them, and we hope we will be worthy 05Parp3    58:2 | see them, and we hope we will be worthy. But if 05Parp3    58:2 | same order about us, for we regard such a death as 05Parp3    58:7 | We are prepared not only for 05Parp3    58:8 | said about worshipping the sun, we are saddened and disturbed by 05Parp3    58:8 | by converting). God forbid that we should abandon the Creator and 05Parp3    58:18 | May we also be worthy of our 05Parp3    59:0 | We shall record in order what 05Parp4    61:2 | prophets and the holy Apostles, we who are filled with myriads 05Parp4    61:4 | of the captive naxarars—whom we heard with our own ears 05Parp4    64:13 | for that is false. Rather, we have received our schooling in 05Parp4    64:13 | the cloth for the raiment we use we purchase there, for 05Parp4    64:13 | for the raiment we use we purchase there, for as it 05Parp4    64:13 | available in no other land, we are obliged by the needs 05Parp4    65:7 | practise. (The slanderers note:) “If we sit idly by, he will 05Parp4    66:6 | oppressive envy of those whom we are forced to serve 05Parp4    66:7 | difficulties and aid us, and we, together with the Iberians, may 05Parp4    66:15 | fully correct and true. But we are placing our hopes not 05Parp4    66:15 | martyrdom pleased Christ the Savior. We also (place our hopes) on 05Parp4    66:15 | on our own deaths, for we consider it better to die 05Parp4    67:8 | good name, both you and we shall receive from the king 05Parp4    67:9 | However, should you lazily delay, we fear that perhaps they themselves 05Parp4    67:9 | from elsewhere. (In that case) we do not know how the 05Parp4    67:9 | the matter will end. Perhaps we will be exhausted and regret 05Parp4    68:2 | true of our work, since we look to His aid completely 05Parp4    68:4 | Now we must think of nothing else 05Parp4    68:11 | and note: “Who knows, maybe we can reach the ford where 05Parp4    68:11 | in some unexposed place. When we know that half of the 05Parp4    68:11 | brigade has crossed the river, we can fall on them and 05Parp4    68:11 | perhaps do some damage. Similarly, we can fall on the rest 05Parp4    68:19 | from Atrvshnasp, saying: “To now we have done nothing bad nor 05Parp4    68:23 | thought: “If, with God’s aid we are strengthened and beat them 05Parp4    69:21 | mountain where Akorhi is located. We are the only survivors who 05Parp4    71:13 | the mightiest men, about whom we have been informed earlier—Iranian 05Parp4    71:13 | by the grace of Christ, we can put them to flight 05Parp4    72:7 | They collapsed and fell; but we rose and stood upright” [Psalm 19, 9], and 05Parp4    72:8 | they gave praise, saying: “Then we thy people, the flock of 05Parp4    72:8 | ever; from generation to generation we will recount thy praise 05Parp4    73:5 | Then you, we, and the Huns shall destroy 05Parp4    73:5 | that when the Huns arrive, we shall not have to participate 05Parp4    73:10 | plains the Armenians and then we will believe everything that you 05Parp4    73:10 | vowed to us. Then will we do everything you command. Otherwise 05Parp4    73:10 | do everything you command. Otherwise, we will not believe that the 05Parp4    73:10 | allied with you. But if we see that it is indeed 05Parp4    73:16 | in this matter not because we want to be, but out 05Parp4    73:16 | and thoughts are with you. We know that we would not 05Parp4    73:16 | with you. We know that we would not leave your service 05Parp4    73:18 | For tomorrow, when we come to the place of 05Parp4    73:18 | to the place of battle, we will quit the brigade and 05Parp4    73:20 | saying: “It is good that we are fighting with the Iranian 05Parp4    73:20 | Iranian troops today. For now, we are sufficient for them, and 05Parp4    73:20 | to withstand us. But if we had to postpone it by 05Parp4    74:6 | and come back quickly. For we shall never find such a 05Parp4    74:6 | into incorruptible life. Hurry, or we will not attain immortality. Perhaps 05Parp4    74:6 | a renowned and glorious death, we will later quit this life 05Parp4    75:14 | or even less than that, ( we) put to flight one or 05Parp4    75:15 | bravery. Rather, it was that we were troubled with discord and 05Parp4    75:28 | our fathers and ancestors, and we will serve and submit to 05Parp4    75:29 | justly at worth and usefulness, we who rebelled are ready to 05Parp4    75:29 | to do it again. For we knew that we would not 05Parp4    75:29 | again. For we knew that we would not be able to 05Parp4    75:29 | withstand the Aryans, knowing as we do the unfortunate power we 05Parp4    75:29 | we do the unfortunate power we possess and the great, inestimable 05Parp4    75:30 | We had resolved only to die 05Parp4    75:30 | had resolved only to die. We are even more delighted (to 05Parp4    75:30 | delighted (to continue fighting) for we will die a noteworthy and 05Parp4    76:11 | him into our hands. Although we wanted to preserve and spare 05Parp4    76:13 | We give you such advice to 05Parp4    76:13 | advice to preserve you, since we hope for your life and 05Parp4    77:4 | flight from the Iberian battle, we remained at the site of 05Parp4    77:4 | the severity of the wounds we had sustained) we drew near 05Parp4    77:4 | the wounds we had sustained) we drew near to one another 05Parp4    77:5 | still did not know who we were or from what district 05Parp4    77:5 | or, in the event that we died, to gather our bones 05Parp4    77:6 | After eating the food as we could from the saint’s hands 05Parp4    77:6 | could from the saint’s hands, we were revived a bit 05Parp4    77:7 | When he saw that we had been revived somewhat and 05Parp4    77:7 | interrogate us as to where we had come from, and from 05Parp4    77:7 | he was led to believe we were azats 05Parp4    77:8 | When we saw the man’s virtue, we 05Parp4    77:8 | we saw the man’s virtue, we accurately informed him about ourselves 05Parp4    77:9 | through the power of God we were healed and made well 05Parp4    77:11 | pursued and examined (the messenger) we would be discovered and killed 05Parp4    77:12 | to you, so that when we reach there together, we shall 05Parp4    77:12 | when we reach there together, we shall avenge the truth of 05Parp4    77:13 | believed them and note: “Now we must move even more quickly 05Parp4    77:18 | This is) because long before we had attacked and reached each 05Parp4    78:2 | in the king’s glory and we shall rest from this very 05Parp4    79:7 | and will obey us (as we wish), or, he (and he 05Parp4    80:5 | men let them know that we are at peace and they 05Parp4    80:13 | For if we could not see clearly that 05Parp4    80:13 | not equal the honor which we long for, then we would 05Parp4    80:13 | which we long for, then we would be too stupid to 05Parp4    80:13 | she would. For a moment we might enjoy the futile glory 05Parp4    80:13 | and appear lustrous, but then we would be eternally and wickedly 05Parp4    80:14 | But as for our women, we will give you a sign 05Parp4    80:14 | examine it well. For if we bear these sorrows for the 05Parp4    80:14 | sorrows for the faith which we love and firmly hold to 05Parp4    80:14 | give them to us. Otherwise we will blame our lack of 05Parp4    81:5 | For they note: “If only we find some way of dealing 05Parp4    82:4 | the man rest. Otherwise, perhaps we will slow down and he 05Parp4    83:5 | us with the victory and we are thankful of that. And 05Parp4    83:6 | put ten thousand to flight” [II Deuteronomy 32, 30]. We belong to God and God 05Parp4    83:7 | We are few in number. But 05Parp4    83:15 | invisible force aiding them which we cannot see. But if they 05Parp4    84:3 | damage. With what assurance can we ( who have become few) resist 05Parp4    84:4 | from his own relatives; and we survivors will be unable to 05Parp4    85:9 | mouth was plainly saying: ’If we are condemned to death, and 05Parp4    85:12 | will not fight with me. We stipulated a boundary over which 05Parp4    85:12 | stipulated a boundary over which we would not dare to cross 05Parp4    85:14 | to Peroz: ’He is right; we are fighting falsely.’ 05Parp4    86:0 | get away from the work we have been engaged in 05Parp4    86:1 | of this period such as we have seen or know about 05Parp4    86:1 | related in romances and which we have heard 05Parp4    86:2 | which you see, but also ( we then had with us) the 05Parp4    87:6 | kingdom be made to flourish. ( We want you) to achieve reconciliation 05Parp4    88:6 | the battle which Hazarawuxt and we fought, even though Vahan was 05Parp4    88:6 | forces. Despite the fact that we were the victors, I know 05Parp4    89:4 | potentially fatal act to which we have dedicated our lives—that 05Parp4    89:5 | with the king’s seal, then we will do all that is 05Parp4    89:6 | and junior folk. Nor did we just today decide upon these 05Parp4    89:6 | was done on the day we dedicated ourselves to death. Everyone 05Parp4    89:7 | grant us these three (demands) we will serve them as natural 05Parp4    89:7 | it, and become (more) severe, we shall arise through the land 05Parp4    89:7 | ruined, and gladly die, but we shall not worship an Iranian 05Parp4    89:11 | Our third demand is that we want the one who is 05Parp4    89:16 | sealed form, call us and we will willingly come and hear 05Parp4    89:17 | is impossible, then just as we gave our lives before, so 05Parp4    89:17 | gave our lives before, so we now are ready to die 05Parp4    89:17 | are ready to die, but we cannot serve the lord of 05Parp4    91:2 | hear from each other what we think is appropriate to do 05Parp4    91:20 | For when we ask about your rebellion, how 05Parp4    91:27 | more bitter service from which we cannot free ourselves 05Parp4    92:3 | However, we should also like to see 05Parp4    92:3 | for everyone, land and people. We see you as wanting and 05Parp4    92:12 | our land and insisted upon, we dared to plan and think 05Parp4    92:12 | think about (rebellion). And, although we thought about leaving the land 05Parp4    92:12 | multitude of the Aryans (for we are not so stupid and 05Parp4    92:12 | and crazed to think that we could resist and not be 05Parp4    92:12 | a paltry number of men, we knew this very well), nonetheless 05Parp4    92:12 | knew this very well), nonetheless we then reasoned that were we 05Parp4    92:12 | we then reasoned that were we, terrified, to imperceptibly steal away 05Parp4    92:12 | terrified, to imperceptibly steal away, we would certainly inherit the bad 05Parp4    92:13 | But we chose first to inform ourselves 05Parp4    92:14 | Had we been able to remain united 05Parp4    92:14 | able to remain united, had we not split and argued, we 05Parp4    92:14 | we not split and argued, we would have shown those coming 05Parp4    92:14 | coming against us whether indeed we resembled Aryans or Syrians 05Parp4    92:15 | with all their cavalry. And we ( will fight) with the few 05Parp4    92:15 | few men whom you know we have, who lack house, servant 05Parp4    92:18 | We who placed our lives in 05Parp4    92:18 | in writing, from the king. We need only those demands; grant 05Parp4    92:19 | You are our natural lords; we are your natural servants. Accept 05Parp4    92:19 | Accept us with affection, and we shall happily serve you. Grant 05Parp4    93:2 | and in a few days we will rejoice together 05Parp4    93:19 | naxarars with me (want) what we demanded from you through messengers 05Parp4    93:20 | worship of the Church, as we wish. This is important and 05Parp4    95:4 | with Vahan Mamikonean, as follows: “ We have fully heard about all 05Parp4    95:12 | spiritually. Neither our ancestors nor we were able to be stopped 05Parp4    95:13 | We constantly complained and are complaining 05Parp4    95:13 | be enemies over something which we cannot willingly and thoughtfully revere 05Parp4    95:13 | for it seems laughable and we do not believe (in Zoroastrianism 05Parp4    95:19 | Armenia. (It is something) which we do not regard as just 05Parp4    95:19 | not regard as just, and we do not revere anyone as 05Parp4    95:21 | But now demand that we honor you as servants honor 05Parp4    96:7 | you satisfied with us, did we receive you well? If there 05Parp4    96:11 | what you need so that we will know 05Parp4    96:14 | the Aryan world, and then we will look to what is 05Parp4    100:27 | are weary and who, as we said before, bear heavy burdens 05Parp4    100:36 | thousand good deeds, still say: “ We are worthless servants” [Matthew 25:30]. And do 05Parp4    100:39 | Of which, may we and everyone alike be found 06Khor1    1:5 | reason, as it is said, we are the image of God 06Khor1    1:6 | of wise men - now that we have realized that you are 06Khor1    1:7 | and numerous glorious deeds that we shall record in the course 06Khor1    1:7 | course of this history when we shall trace all the genealogies 06Khor1    2:1 | Why we wished to expound our affairs 06Khor1    2:2 | affairs of our nation, yet we have mentioned only the Greek 06Khor1    2:2 | the Greek historians from whom we have promised to present the 06Khor1    2:4 | uneducated and ignorant in that we have described him who was 06Khor1    2:6 | abbreviating our account let what we have said about him be 06Khor1    2:7 | nations’ kings and temples - as we find the ones who urged 06Khor1    2:8 | Men whose names we know for certain collected these 06Khor1    3:3 | Through these, I say, when we read their accounts, we become 06Khor1    3:3 | when we read their accounts, we become informed about the course 06Khor1    3:3 | course of the world, and we learn about the state of 06Khor1    3:3 | the state of civilization when we peruse such wise discourses and 06Khor1    3:3 | who undertook such studies, that we aspire. So, then it is 06Khor1    3:4 | For although we are a small country and 06Khor1    3:13 | the divine Scriptures concur until we necessarily reach the pagan narratives 06Khor1    3:13 | pagan narratives; and from these we shall take whatever we consider 06Khor1    3:13 | these we shall take whatever we consider reliable 06Khor1    4:2 | someone to say the “summit,” we must consider briefly why the 06Khor1    4:7 | So we should here indicate their opinions 06Khor1    4:7 | length of the present work we shall leave these matters to 06Khor1    4:7 | off this account here; and we shall now begin with what 06Khor1    4:7 | shall now begin with what we consider reliable 06Khor1    4:15 | of our speculations about him we shall defer to the place 06Khor1    4:23 | impious [cf. Gen. 5:24]. The cause for this we shall set out later 06Khor1    4:28 | toil of hands,” with which we work filthiness 06Khor1    5:4 | We shall begin our exposition with 06Khor1    5:4 | possible and according to what we have found to be trustworthy 06Khor1    5:40 | Noah and third from Ham, we do not find placed in 06Khor1    5:41 | But we have found him so placed 06Khor1    5:43 | After this we shall say the following: although 06Khor1    5:47 | the beginning of our work we began to write down in 06Khor1    5:47 | from the royal archives. But we received a command from kings 06Khor1    5:50 | We have truly found these things 06Khor1    5:50 | Arias and many others, yet we attribute them to the Greeks 06Khor1    5:50 | them to the Greeks since we have learned from them 06Khor1    6:2 | is reliable from many sources, we have set out the generations 06Khor1    6:20 | third one called David, these we must repeat, though briefly 06Khor1    7:7 | For if we were to try to introduce 06Khor1    7:7 | for your edification, when would we arrive at the narrative of 06Khor1    9:6 | with despatch. And the pleasure we shall derive from the fulfillment 06Khor1    9:14 | Through this we are assured of the order 06Khor1    9:20 | From this same book we shall begin: Yapetost’ē, Merod, Sirat’ 06Khor1    9:21 | others in order, about whom we spoke earlier 06Khor1    11:13 | so that either we may die and our possessions 06Khor1    11:13 | the success of our arms, we may scatter his host and 06Khor1    12:2 | related in the book. But we shall set out only what 06Khor1    12:5 | begat Aramaneak in Babylon, as we said above 06Khor1    12:18 | throat of Sharay, they say, we do not have the barns 06Khor1    12:30 | but how this took place we shall narrate in its own 06Khor1    12:34 | This Geḷam, as we said, after some years of 06Khor1    12:39 | whose time, if you wish we shall set forth outside this 06Khor1    12:39 | forth outside this book, or we shall omit them; otherwise we 06Khor1    12:39 | we shall omit them; otherwise we shall include them in this 06Khor1    13:2 | to regard this work that we have undertaken at your command 06Khor1    13:2 | festivities of banquets and drinking - we have decided to discuss briefly 06Khor1    14:2 | We shall expound with but a 06Khor1    14:7 | But now we have to speak about his 06Khor1    14:19 | by him; but let what we have said be sufficient 06Khor1    16:3 | purity of waters and land we must build a city and 06Khor1    16:3 | and royal residence, so that we may spend a fourth part 06Khor1    16:3 | the other three cooler seasons we shall spend in Nineveh 06Khor1    16:8 | of the aqueduct nowadays, as we hear, men of the region 06Khor1    16:20 | of this site and construction we have not heard from anyone 06Khor1    16:20 | from anyone with accuracy, so we are unwilling to include it 06Khor1    16:20 | it in our history. But we merely say that of all 06Khor1    16:20 | of all royal works, as we have heard, this is considered 06Khor1    17:8 | all; only Ninuas remained, as we said above 06Khor1    17:12 | So we have explained the cause and 06Khor1    18:6 | But this is enough; we must now tell of what 06Khor1    19:2 | in these matters, from whom we have attempted to make a 06Khor1    19:3 | And we claim to be truthful in 06Khor1    19:6 | son Zamesea, that is, Ninuas, we can know for certain the 06Khor1    20:10 | flight by the robber Joshua we, the princes of the Canaanites 06Khor1    20:12 | And we have discovered for a certain 06Khor1    21:7 | would be too much if we were to repeat in this 06Khor1    22:2 | least important from our account, we shall speak of what is 06Khor1    22:5 | the basis for such matters we considered it right that we 06Khor1    22:5 | we considered it right that we ourselves should read the four 06Khor1    22:11 | in the earlier chapters above we blamed the unscholarly habits and 06Khor1    22:13 | were to ask: “Whence did we thus learn the names of 06Khor1    23:6 | were those men whose names we shall inscribe below 06Khor1    23:9 | But as we set out the order of 06Khor1    23:9 | the order of the kings, we shall place beside it that 06Khor1    23:23 | their lives for worshipping Gog, we shall later relate methodically 06Khor1    24:2 | Now before we undertake the history of Tigran 06Khor1    26:2 | what way,” he said, “will we be able to loose the 06Khor1    27:13 | First we both hacked each other’s body 06Khor1    27:13 | that shines like the sun we made a sea of blood 06Khor1    27:14 | and later with other arms, we fought for several hours 06Khor1    28:4 | This, furthermore, we cannot now accomplish through money 06Khor1    28:4 | money or deceitful words unless we now act as I wish 06Khor1    29:3 | exists between us, so that we may both be secure on 06Khor1    31:12 | truth of our history, how we have revealed the secrets of 06Khor1    32:4 | reputation of heroic nature, what we are saying is true 06Khor1    32:8 | With our own ears we have heard some singing this 06Khor1    33:2 | of what opposes falsehood; that we should carry the narrative from 06Khor1    33:6 | But we see that your desire goes 06Khor1    33:7 | But either we must narrate these matters at 06Khor1    33:8 | of your great haste, behold we have not indicated in their 06Khor1    33:8 | about the Ilian war; but we have added it here 06Khor1    33:9 | I cannot say whether we are here acting like a 06Khor1    34:9 | youthful years and immature understanding we shall provide them 06Khor1    34:10 | Therefore we shall here fulfill your desired 06Khor1    34:13 | impossibilities, which for your sake we made possible, this too we 06Khor1    34:13 | we made possible, this too we shall accomplish. The stories and 06Khor1    34:13 | stories and deeds of which we speak, and especially those whose 06Khor1    34:14 | is hateful to us, for we did not speak of them 06Khor1    34:14 | our first book, nor did we deem them worthy of inclusion 06Khor1    34:23 | proved impossible for him. As we said above, for the sake 06Khor2    2:2 | As we have said, sixty years after 06Khor2    2:10 | third of this world, as we learn from the fourth book 06Khor2    3:3 | The latter, as we wrote in our first book 06Khor2    4:3 | he stayed many days, as we must admit, for they were 06Khor2    8:5 | house of Cadmos, whose names we set out in one of 06Khor2    8:7 | that in the first book we forgot to mention this illustrious 06Khor2    8:24 | But we have also forgotten the grim 06Khor2    10:2 | We shall begin our narrative for 06Khor2    10:4 | no one doubt this, for we have seen that archive with 06Khor2    11:6 | the prisoners from Iberia, as we narrated above. And he entrusted 06Khor2    13:2 | doubtful of these same events we made many researches 06Khor2    13:3 | because we heard from some histories that 06Khor2    13:5 | But we have found the period of 06Khor2    24:12 | he proposed to me that we should seek an oath from 06Khor2    24:12 | our own native land because we had recently suffered insults in 06Khor2    24:13 | said to him: ’Why do we deceive ourselves with ancient tales 06Khor2    27:6 | or in the order that we have adopted for our account 06Khor2    27:6 | sake of honoring these men we shall set them in this 06Khor2    27:7 | And then later we shall indicate the time of 06Khor2    27:7 | the course of our narrative we reach the period of the 06Khor2    28:9 | But we shall narrate the circumstances of 06Khor2    33:27 | Although we had previously heard of this 06Khor2    33:30 | But we commanded everyone to whom Jesus 06Khor2    33:30 | Him among the gods. And we threatened with death those who 06Khor2    34:4 | All this, as we have said, others have related 06Khor2    34:4 | have related before us, so we did not consider it at 06Khor2    34:11 | We have recorded this very briefly 06Khor2    36:2 | the various acts of Sanatruk we have considered nothing worthy of 06Khor2    36:4 | But we must say why he was 06Khor2    36:8 | But as far as we understand the matter it happened 06Khor2    42:9 | of the Arsacid family. This we shall describe in its own 06Khor2    47:6 | of his father. For as we have said, half of his 06Khor2    48:10 | also many other deeds that we have to relate and to 06Khor2    49:3 | all this, as we said, is revealed to you 06Khor2    49:3 | songs of the storytellers. But we too shall recall them briefly 06Khor2    50:18 | Artavazd and many others, whom we did not consider it important 06Khor2    50:18 | name now, but later when we reach whatever they did 06Khor2    59:2 | the days of Artashēs, therefore we have divided them into many 06Khor2    59:3 | Although everything else that we recorded in the preceding chapters 06Khor2    60:15 | tomb were willing deaths, as we said above 06Khor2    61:8 | of the matter is as we said above 06Khor2    62:5 | for it is cramped, since we have multiplied greatly 06Khor2    64:7 | We shall not discuss them by 06Khor2    64:7 | clear to us, partly because we are avoiding the labor of 06Khor2    64:8 | For this reason we shall say nothing about those 06Khor2    64:8 | us to do so, but we shall speak only of the 06Khor2    64:8 | of the subsequent events that we know for certain 06Khor2    64:9 | So far as was possible we have avoided superfluous and elaborate 06Khor2    66:8 | is from this history that we have taken our account and 06Khor2    67:2 | As we said, after Vaḷarsh his son 06Khor2    68:13 | does superfluous work in that we have again said what has 06Khor2    68:13 | been told. But know that we are happily repeating this again 06Khor2    68:13 | happily repeating this again because we wish our readers to be 06Khor2    69:3 | After Arshavir, as we said, Artashēs ruled for thirty 06Khor2    69:7 | But we shall give our account from 06Khor2    70:3 | whom the Persians called Rastsohun. We have based our account on 06Khor2    70:5 | Similarly we shall omit the goat’s suckling 06Khor2    70:6 | We shall recount only what is 06Khor2    73:4 | family of Kamsarakan, of whom we shall speak in his place 06Khor2    73:5 | But now we shall tell of what happened 06Khor2    74:13 | saved only the one whom we say was created, or rather 06Khor2    75:6 | the names nor the places, we have not considered them important 06Khor2    75:8 | considering this to be accurate we shall repeat it for you 06Khor2    75:9 | of Trdat and after him, we have not erred through laziness 06Khor2    75:9 | laziness or negligence, nor have we set down anything in purposeful 06Khor2    75:10 | of wise men and antiquarians, we have given you a faithful 06Khor2    82:2 | true history without chronology, therefore we made a detailed investigation and 06Khor2    84:9 | to plan and execute whatever we wish. I have decided to 06Khor2    85:9 | But now we have to tell of the 06Khor2    86:11 | and note: “Whom then are we to worship instead of the 06Khor2    86:17 | We make bold to say that 06Khor2    90:10 | So we have explained the reasons for 06Khor2    91:2 | seventeenth year of Trdat’s reign we have found that our father 06Khor2    92:2 | those made such by Christ, we must use very glorious speech 06Khor2    92:21 | to God concerning the dangers we run from you, we whose 06Khor2    92:21 | dangers we run from you, we whose portion is danger and 06Khor3    1:1 | of our land, nor can we go through all that of 06Khor3    1:1 | casting an eye on them we could discuss everything without forgetting 06Khor3    1:2 | ability and the records permit, we have given a faithful account 06Khor3    1:3 | or blame us, for behold we shall tell you without error 06Khor3    1:3 | Saint Gregory from the patriarchate. We shall deal with this history 06Khor3    3:3 | seeking them very ardently. And we know for certain that they 06Khor3    4:2 | As we find it said in the 06Khor3    5:4 | And we desire that you rule over 06Khor3    15:8 | its general and has deserted. We would have been able with 06Khor3    15:8 | them and halt them, but we allowed them to go for 06Khor3    15:9 | return with our invincible might we shall destroy you and your 06Khor3    17:7 | We are truly convinced that you 06Khor3    17:8 | And your first action we know you undertook to prevent 06Khor3    17:8 | cause. Therefore, in our anger we made their general drink bull’s 06Khor3    17:9 | And we shall in no way harm 06Khor3    17:9 | no way harm your kingdom, we swear by the great god 06Khor3    17:9 | Only hurry to us that we may make plans for our 06Khor3    23:7 | make ready so that when we come, we may find a 06Khor3    23:7 | so that when we come, we may find a hunt worthy 06Khor3    28:2 | Depart from us, Shapuh, lest we bring even greater disaster in 06Khor3    28:2 | you this second time than we did the first time 06Khor3    29:16 | imperial majesty not think that we have rebelled for hatred of 06Khor3    29:16 | ourselves to have some strength we have sent a marauding band 06Khor3    29:16 | saves us from his hands, we have helped him with a 06Khor3    29:18 | So accept what we did and keep firm your 06Khor3    29:18 | earlier love for us, and we shall pay you devoted service 06Khor3    42:12 | each one’s territory, and although we needed nothing from you, nonetheless 06Khor3    42:12 | accordance with our royal solicitude we have had mercy on you 06Khor3    42:12 | shepherds without a good overseer, we have therefore made as your 06Khor3    42:14 | We swear by fire and water 06Khor3    42:14 | of my immortal ancestors that we have done this without deceit 06Khor3    42:15 | do not obey our commands, we have ordered their domains with 06Khor3    48:6 | our late King Arshak, which we held inviolate until the day 06Khor3    48:6 | of his death. And now we have decided to serve you 06Khor3    48:6 | remember our transgressions in that we waged war against you by 06Khor3    48:8 | Greeks disturbing the estates that we possess in this sector 06Khor3    48:9 | seal of the cross: when we see it, we shall hasten 06Khor3    48:9 | cross: when we see it, we shall hasten to your service 06Khor3    48:14 | Rejoice, for we are well and were happy 06Khor3    48:14 | news of your greeting. And we have sent this pact in 06Khor3    48:15 | remember your transgressions, which indeed we did not consider as transgressions 06Khor3    48:15 | whom you were serving, for we hope that you will be 06Khor3    48:16 | you your hereditary lands that we confiscated to the court, with 06Khor3    48:16 | the exception of those that we have granted to various people 06Khor3    48:16 | kings. But in their place, we shall fill your needs from 06Khor3    48:17 | Third, we shall disentangle you from the 06Khor3    51:18 | of the guilty families that we confiscated to the court you 06Khor3    51:18 | their ancestral ranks. For this we have ordered to be written 06Khor3    55:24 | We have been forced to narrate 06Khor3    57:7 | see but to order that we and our teaching be received 06Khor3    57:12 | Trusting in your holiness we have sent the teacher of 06Khor3    57:26 | We have ordered your letters to 06Khor3    57:26 | informed of what you wrote. We greatly blamed you for wholeheartedly 06Khor3    57:27 | And we especially blame you for this 06Khor3    57:28 | Therefore we were pleased with our subjects 06Khor3    57:28 | was due to divine grace, we have written that they should 06Khor3    57:29 | We have also ordered a city 06Khor3    57:30 | And on your account, we have made Vardan, the son 06Khor3    57:35 | We offer many thanks to God 06Khor3    57:35 | such a barbarous nation. Yet we do not absolve you from 06Khor3    57:36 | And we are even more amazed as 06Khor3    57:37 | of the Spirit - at which we now rejoice 06Khor3    57:39 | this Mesrop whom you sent we have ordained him ecclesiasticos 06Khor3    61:6 | Then our translators, whose names we mentioned earlier, arrived and found 06Khor3    62:3 | such fashion so too did we, reflecting the grace that continually 06Khor3    62:3 | the deeps of the archives, we went on to worship at 06Khor3    62:4 | With similar deliberate speed we entered Egypt, that famous land 06Khor3    62:9 | Although we wished to sail to Greece 06Khor3    62:9 | the force of the winds we reached Italy. After greeting the 06Khor3    62:9 | of saints Peter and Paul, we did not remain long in 06Khor3    62:9 | through Greece to Attica, where we stayed a while in Athens 06Khor3    62:10 | the end of the winter we set out for Byzantium, anxious 06Khor3    63:5 | So we must endure for a while 06Khor3    63:5 | while the man’s faults until we are able to arrange a 06Khor3    63:8 | before a Christian king that we denounced him I would be 06Khor3    63:11 | should not be king, now we wish that you should not 06Khor3    65:2 | As we said, the Armenian princes were 06Khor3    65:13 | if anyone should say that we ought to write down what 06Khor3    65:13 | anyone with accuracy and that we are not willing to fabricate 06Khor3    67:7 | We should speak of him in 06Khor3    67:7 | causing tedium to the readers, we shall leave this for another 06Khor3    67:7 | as for the early period we promised to compose one 06Khor3    68:9 | for in your widowhood, and we who have been deprived of 06Khor3    68:10 | For we are not like that people 06Khor3    68:19 | wisdom and perfect aptitude, while we swiftly making for Byzantium hoped 06Khor3    68:29 | a prophet over the miseries we have suffered and the distress 06Khor3    68:29 | have suffered and the distress we shall endure. Foretell the rise 07Seb1    11:4 | Now what shall we do? Shall we agree? Is 07Seb1    11:4 | what shall we do? Shall we agree? Is it proper to 07Seb1    11:4 | into calmer (times), they renege. We have suffered many evils from 07Seb1    11:4 | them slaughter each other, and we shall have relief.’ 07Seb1    12:3 | saying: ’O king, live forever. We do not know whether it 07Seb1    12:5 | ’They liberated that traitor, because we saw with our own eyes 07Seb1    12:23 | reckon in your mind that we have any other intentions toward 07Seb1    15:1 | they kill our enemies; but we shall live in peace. For 07Seb1    15:1 | remain in their own land, we shall have no rest.’ 07Seb1    16:3 | reckoned that: ’With this treasure we shall make the Huns ours 07Seb1    16:3 | ours. Receiving support from them, we shall wage war against both 07Seb1    17:4 | ford over the river, otherwise we shall kill you.’ He 07Seb1    29:2 | done your duty loyally and we are especially grateful to you 07Seb1    35:2 | mind at their coming, and we recognized that God had not 07Seb1    35:3 | his power and his wonders, we shall repeat the saying of 07Seb1    35:8 | By describing this miracle, we make you rejoice. The reconstruction 07Seb1    35:10 | life-giving Passion, so that we may attain this good end 07Seb1    36:5 | First, we thank God for the consolations 07Seb1    36:5 | all afflictions.’’ For behold we too, through your consolation which 07Seb1    36:7 | admonish? ’For through his wounds we were healed, and the chastisement 07Seb1    36:10 | cast down by his severity, we were submerged in its great 07Seb1    38:5 | install whom he wishes, and we shall accept him. But does 07Seb1    38:12 | make a living.’ And we shall look upon you with 07Seb1    38:17 | note: ’Wherever you may go, we are with you to stand 07Seb1    38:32 | have mercy on us, although we are not worthy of mercy’ 07Seb1    39:3 | counsel together and note: ’Although we escaped from the enemy, yet 07Seb1    41:5 | communicate with the emperor. ’Otherwise, we shall make for ourselves another 07Seb1    42:11 | We are the sons of Abraham 07Seb1    42:11 | enough. Abandon it peacefully and we shall not come into your 07Seb1    42:11 | come into your territory. Otherwise, we shall demand that possession from 07Seb1    42:38 | This we heard from men who had 07Seb1    45:11 | king and to the patriarch: ’We are considered as impious in 07Seb1    46:3 | We have a commandment from the 07Seb1    46:4 | and the Christ-loving army. We, glorying in the light of 07Seb1    46:17 | latter? It is clear that we must divide ourself into two 07Seb1    46:19 | oath. They responded, saying: ’If we had not turned aside from 07Seb1    46:19 | now in fear of God we shall declare the truth before 07Seb1    46:23 | enjoy that peace regarding which we must request from Christ God 07Seb1    46:25 | us your unworthy servants, when we saw it we offered obeisance 07Seb1    46:25 | servants, when we saw it we offered obeisance and with great 07Seb1    46:25 | Now in the following fashion we have learned the truth of 07Seb1    46:26 | from the beginning, of whom we have heard, to whom we 07Seb1    46:26 | we have heard, to whom we were indeed eyewitnesses, on whom 07Seb1    46:26 | were indeed eyewitnesses, on whom we looked; and our hands touched 07Seb1    46:26 | the life was revealed; and we saw and bear witness and 07Seb1    46:27 | Why then does he say: ’We were indeed eye-witnesses’, and 07Seb1    46:27 | eye-witnesses’, and: ’On whom we looked; and our hands touched 07Seb1    46:28 | appear, but in the visible we saw the invisible; since in 07Seb1    46:30 | prophetic declaration: ’By whose wounds we were all healed’. In this 07Seb1    46:31 | three are one. (Even if) we were to have any testimony 07Seb1    46:34 | death of the Cross’. ’While we were enemies, we were reconciled 07Seb1    46:34 | Cross’. ’While we were enemies, we were reconciled with God through 07Seb1    46:41 | So we hold our faith, not as 07Seb1    46:41 | very recent people, but as we have received it from the 07Seb1    46:43 | On this we stand firm, and we reckon 07Seb1    46:43 | this we stand firm, and we reckon the same sufficient for 07Seb1    46:46 | We do not recognize other councils 07Seb1    46:46 | other councils held elsewhere. And we consider as follows: that your 07Seb1    46:47 | us this doctrine, in which we have remained immovable until now 07Seb1    46:47 | now. In addition to him we have as teachers the holy 07Seb1    46:48 | and vardapets are no more. We are ignorant of books and 07Seb1    46:50 | ’We believe in one God, almighty 07Seb1    46:52 | kingdom there is no end. We believe also in the holy 07Seb1    46:53 | We also believe in one sole 07Seb1    46:54 | mutable or changeable, such persons we anathematize, because the catholic apostolic 07Seb1    46:63 | whereby he released captivity. Therefore, we are not ashamed to say 07Seb1    46:64 | for the Lord’s sacrament which we distribute with great discretion, it 07Seb1    46:64 | discretion, it is as follows. We do not have authority to 07Seb1    46:64 | pure to the impure. For we have universal canons for rites 07Seb1    46:67 | Now we see that among the old 07Seb1    46:73 | We received (this faith) from St 07Seb1    46:73 | Constantine. On that same tradition we stand firm, and we shall 07Seb1    46:73 | tradition we stand firm, and we shall not deviate from it 07Seb1    46:74 | Concerning other councils, as we said above, we do not 07Seb1    46:74 | councils, as we said above, we do not know anything for 07Seb1    46:78 | dead, and so on. But we and all who confess the 07Seb1    46:79 | by division after the union we condemn and anathematize in accordance 07Seb1    46:82 | Now as we have received the commands of 07Seb1    46:82 | valiant of men, king Constans, we reckoned it best through this 07Seb1    47:1 | orchards. This (happened) rightly, because we sinned against the Lord and 07Seb1    47:1 | sinned against the Lord and we angered the Holy One of 07Seb1    48:8 | a subsidy as assistance; and we shall decide together what is 07Seb1    48:9 | them to defeat us. Everything we had was there lost. But 07Seb1    49:12 | He note: ’Beneficent king, while we used to see you painted 07Seb1    49:12 | us - let alone now that we see you face to face 07Seb1    49:12 | and speak mouth to mouth. We are ignorant and foolish men 07Seb1    49:12 | are ignorant and foolish men; we know neither language nor literature 07Seb1    49:12 | neither language nor literature unless we first study and comprehend. But 07Seb1    50:8 | Lord, be upon us, as we hope in you 08Ghev1    1:0 | First we shall discuss those called Amir 08Ghev1    1:1 | be shed in vengeance, because we had sinned before the Lord 08Ghev1    1:3 | in service (to him); and we are his heirs and sons 08Ghev1    1:4 | of the Byzantines, and together we shall hold our realm.” The 08Ghev1    4:0 | four months, and then died [661-680]. ( We shall now describe) Prince Grigor 08Ghev1    6:1 | After the events which we have just narrated, the emperor 08Ghev1    7:12 | and never knew righteousness, as we learn from the Lord 08Ghev1    8:9 | pursuing us? What wrong have we done you? Behold, our country 08Ghev1    8:9 | our country lies before you, we are giving you our dwelling 08Ghev1    8:23 | sacrilege, saying: “God forbid that we do such a thing to 08Ghev1    8:25 | the Armenian troops and note: “ We have heard that Christian folk 08Ghev1    8:26 | General Smbat responded: “ We are taught by our Lord 08Ghev1    8:26 | unworthy of mercy, nor shall we show it to you 08Ghev1    8:27 | into the church and note: “ We have no hope staying here 08Ghev1    8:27 | here. Should they kill us we will attain the paradise promised 08Ghev1    8:27 | Should they let us survive, we will live 08Ghev1    9:6 | authority to hold to what we believe in and confess to 08Ghev1    9:10 | according to their custom, something we confirmed two or three times 08Ghev1    10:11 | do not abandon us. For we are Your servants, even though 08Ghev1    10:11 | though many times, as sinners, we have displeased Your sweet love 08Ghev1    10:12 | Your blessed and awesome name, we place in Your hands our 08Ghev1    10:13 | And they told them: “When we receive this amount of silver 08Ghev1    10:13 | receive this amount of silver, we will free you alive. As 08Ghev1    10:25 | triumph of the Ishmaelites. And we destroyed this city.” They say 08Ghev1    13:3 | of various questions. Below, briefly, we shall summarize it 08Ghev1    14:3 | said in your letter that “ we have discussed with you more 08Ghev1    14:4 | strange. This is the rule we observe towards others 08Ghev1    14:5 | It is true that we have written to you several 08Ghev1    14:5 | affairs, never about divine ones. We are, moreover, instructed by the 08Ghev1    14:6 | With regard to you, however, we are not learning now for 08Ghev1    14:6 | substance of your beliefs, for we have been commanded by God 08Ghev1    14:6 | to that which is good [cf. I Thess. 5:21]. We possess historical documents composed by 08Ghev1    14:7 | that you may not think we are ashamed to profess a 08Ghev1    14:9 | shall quit it naked”, whereas we do not find in the 08Ghev1    14:11 | my replies. You say that we have found in the Psalms 08Ghev1    14:11 | is not the first time we have searched for and found 08Ghev1    14:12 | of all you write that we have contended ourselves with these 08Ghev1    14:17 | been falsified by people whom we do not know 08Ghev1    14:23 | We know that it was Abraham 08Ghev1    14:25 | We know too, that Moses, to 08Ghev1    14:31 | When we say that it was the 08Ghev1    14:31 | the Scripts in the sanctuary, we do not mean to say 08Ghev1    14:42 | them to be dispersed as we see in our own days 08Ghev1    14:44 | the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when 08Ghev1    14:44 | sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows 08Ghev1    14:44 | Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For 08Ghev1    14:51 | Thus, as we have already said, God wished 08Ghev1    14:56 | do for your Furqan, although we know that it was ’Umar 08Ghev1    14:64 | the promises. On the contrary, we are warned constantly by the 08Ghev1    14:65 | the disciples of the Lord, we became divided into seventy-two 08Ghev1    14:72 | As for us, we are accustomed to designate the 08Ghev1    14:82 | God is addressing these words? We do not permit ourselves to 08Ghev1    14:82 | and enlightens all? And yet we are accused by you of 08Ghev1    14:86 | different origins. For our part, we know only one God, the 08Ghev1    14:87 | dissipates. This Word is what we recognize as the Word of 08Ghev1    14:95 | lower than He in humiliation, we attribute to Him all that 08Ghev1    14:95 | said as to His supremacy, we attribute to Him as to 08Ghev1    14:96 | Do you recall what we mentioned above from the books 08Ghev1    14:111 | of David, terrestrial king, as we have often told you 08Ghev1    14:125 | will find it such as we have presented it to you 08Ghev1    14:127 | Lord, who has believed what we have heard? And to whom 08Ghev1    14:127 | no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and 08Ghev1    14:127 | him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was 08Ghev1    14:127 | faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not 08Ghev1    14:128 | and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by 08Ghev1    14:128 | whole, and with his stripes we are healed 08Ghev1    14:129 | All we like sheep have gone astray 08Ghev1    14:129 | like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his 08Ghev1    14:134 | pretend that the Hebrews and we have altered them, though you 08Ghev1    14:134 | are of divine origin. Suppose we admit for a moment that 08Ghev1    14:134 | David, or the Gospels, that we may see them. This deception 08Ghev1    14:135 | have never seen them, and we are bound not to believe 08Ghev1    14:135 | in looking into the Gospel we possess, in an attempt to 08Ghev1    14:135 | do you still pretend that we have falsified them? At least 08Ghev1    14:136 | us for not turning, when we pray, to the region indicated 08Ghev1    14:140 | us been able, or if we ourselves had thought of introducing 08Ghev1    14:146 | To the perfect man we attribute the humiliating expressions (of 08Ghev1    14:154 | the sacrifice, you pretend that we have changed them at will 08Ghev1    14:154 | communion of bread and cup. We have not modified anything; it 08Ghev1    14:156 | an unreasonable lamb, could not we be saved from eternal death 08Ghev1    14:156 | His blood, and commanded that we take and drink in remembrance 08Ghev1    14:158 | Regarding circumcision, you pretend that we have replaced it by baptism 08Ghev1    14:160 | As for us, we have not received any command 08Ghev1    14:164 | Nor have we substituted Sunday for the Sabbath 08Ghev1    14:165 | As for us, we assemble on the day of 08Ghev1    14:166 | We have neither received command to 08Ghev1    14:166 | following the Jews, nor have we stayed away from preparing our 08Ghev1    14:178 | will not be broken, yet we know that a great number 08Ghev1    14:181 | Thus we see that the living God 08Ghev1    14:183 | Yet you are annoyed when we gather together the remains of 08Ghev1    14:183 | their own death, so that we may bury them in places 08Ghev1    14:184 | to the cross and pictures. We honor the cross because of 08Ghev1    14:184 | of God borne thereon, as we learned from a commandment given 08Ghev1    14:185 | imitation of this sign) that we Christians sign our foreheads with 08Ghev1    14:187 | As for pictures, we do not pay them like 08Ghev1    14:187 | effect in the Holy Scriptures. We have, however, in the Old 08Ghev1    14:188 | Likewise we, animated by a sincere love 08Ghev1    14:188 | images) in front of us, we joyfully glorify God who has 08Ghev1    14:188 | and the colors on it, we do not give them any 08Ghev1    14:200 | the just, you pretend that we have represented the former as 08Ghev1    14:201 | We say, on the contrary, that 08Ghev1    14:213 | marvelous mystery of our redemption, we hope after our resurrection, to 08Ghev1    14:213 | enjoy the celestial kingdom, since we have obeyed the doctrines of 08Ghev1    14:213 | for those who love him.” [1 Cor. 2:9]. We do not hope to find 08Ghev1    14:213 | wine, honey or milk. There we do not expect to enjoy 08Ghev1    14:213 | have children by them, for we put no faith in such 08Ghev1    14:216 | our unshakable and imperishable faith, we have endured at your hands 08Ghev1    14:216 | will still endure much suffering. We are even prepared to die 08Ghev1    14:218 | Because such is our hope, we are tormented by you, under 08Ghev1    14:218 | the threat of death; but we can only respond with patience 08Ghev1    14:218 | only respond with patience, for we count on neither our bow 08Ghev1    14:218 | countenance. Should He will it, ( we are prepared to suffer still 08Ghev1    14:220 | As for us, we accept with eagerness all the 08Ghev1    14:220 | Lord and Savior, so that we may arrive at the happiness 08Ghev1    14:220 | loved His name, with whom we may be worthy to glorify 08Ghev1    15:1 | demonstrated his benevolence. Indeed, as we narrated earlier, he was the 08Ghev1    20:4 | not heard about the evils we visited upon all those kingdoms 08Ghev1    20:4 | against our sovereignty, kingdoms which we have smashed and pulverized like 08Ghev1    20:4 | has been fulfilled. And indeed, we have conquered every kingdom 08Ghev1    20:13 | For these reasons we hope that His mercy which 08Ghev1    20:14 | As for us, we do not boast of our 08Ghev1    20:14 | of our bows nor do we live by our swords. Rather 08Ghev1    20:15 | upon the righteous, so that we take measure of our weakness 08Ghev1    24:3 | them to the cemetary, saying: “ We are one people (speaking) one 08Ghev1    24:3 | one language, (having) one principality. We are brothers, so why are 08Ghev1    24:3 | are brothers, so why are we plunging swords into each other 08Ghev1    26:2 | the brutality of the Ishmaelites, we cannot withstand their troops, and 08Ghev1    26:2 | cannot withstand their troops, and we will be unable to dislodge 08Ghev1    26:3 | pay taxes to them as we are currently doing and let 08Ghev1    26:4 | troops will stay with you. We cannot tolerate the crisis that 08Ghev1    33:7 | of our land. For as we noted earlier, it was the 08Ghev1    33:9 | die cruel and painful deaths. We are unable to narrate more 08Ghev1    34:65 | quickly. Pity the great shame we are found in. In our 08Ghev1    34:65 | found in. In our peril we call upon Your name, Oh 08Ghev1    34:67 | As we learned directly from the enemy 08Ghev1    38:0 | thereby to terrify (the Byzantines). We learned that along with his 08Ghev1    38:3 | to the same general whom we mentioned earlier, and sent them 08Ghev1    39:3 | from the Andzewats’ik’ House, whom we mentioned earlier, had previously come 08Ghev1    40:10 | to K’ubeida): “God forbid that we should exchange the truth of 08Ghev1    40:11 | in prison, saying: “Oh brothers, we have enjoyed enough this fleeting 09Draskh1    1:2 | past bygone times so that we, who are removed (by time 09Draskh1    1:13 | prince Ashot as our king, we witnessed the renewal of the 09Draskh1    1:15 | of our country. Besides him, we shall also tell you about 09Draskh1    2:7 | the law of seniority, as we shall explain in its proper 09Draskh1    2:14 | You now know why we are called Ashkenazian as well 09Draskh1    2:15 | Japheth with those of Sem, we derive a period of four 09Draskh1    2:18 | became known to us and we learned that the handsome Hayk 09Draskh1    18:5 | agree to go and unite, we would set up another katholikos 09Draskh1    18:12 | But the philosopher Yovhan, whom we mentioned earlier, did not go 09Draskh1    19:39 | which are imprinted on boards, we tremble, much less beholding your 09Draskh1    20:16 | more suitable systems so that we would not be required to 09Draskh1    20:30 | seized the neophyte Dawit’ whom we mentioned above; he tormented him 09Draskh1    22:25 | Today, however, since we are deprived of the grace 09Draskh1    22:25 | grace of their numerous powers, we try to impress the simple 09Draskh1    25:50 | demonstrated clearly, that “the sufferings we now endure bear no comparison 09Draskh1    25:64 | temporary death; for even though we are suffering for Christ, we 09Draskh1    25:64 | we are suffering for Christ, we are in communion with the 09Draskh1    30:37 | of the Holy Scriptures, that we hold him as an exemplar 09Draskh1    30:55 | reason, was not blessed, and we are all aware of the 09Draskh1    32:13 | and unheard of condemnation which we received in retribution. For there 09Draskh1    32:14 | straight and redeeming mankind. Because we are wont to forget God 09Draskh1    32:17 | no one is upright, because we have all gone astray and 09Draskh1    32:17 | tragic, if death, to which we are bound, comes to us 09Draskh1    32:24 | because we did not come out of 09Draskh1    32:24 | with the Hagarites, from whom we learned their ways which proved 09Draskh1    33:1 | perfidious ostikan Afshin, about whom we have already spoken, noticed the 09Draskh1    33:20 | being his bishop in residence, we were deeply concerned—and the 09Draskh1    33:20 | manner for prisoners of war. We gathered at once the ransom 09Draskh1    33:20 | the orders of king Smbat, we were immediately sent to Hamam 09Draskh1    34:7 | great prince Ashot, about whom we spoke above, he summoned the 09Draskh1    43:7 | secrecy) was drawn aside, and we became aware of the raging 09Draskh1    44:11 | Departing from there, we went to the region of 09Draskh1    45:11 | laborious toils on the scale, we discovered that the burdensome fetter 09Draskh1    45:13 | black notoriety of our deeds. We fell into the hands of 09Draskh1    45:21 | our midst that even though we were honored and blessed with 09Draskh1    45:21 | the kindness of God’s will, we did not duly acknowledge Him 09Draskh1    45:21 | duly acknowledge Him from whom we received good things, and contrary 09Draskh1    45:21 | to the call of duty, we were not thankful to the 09Draskh1    45:21 | of comfort. Because of this we were admonished with such misfortunes 09Draskh1    45:25 | For this reason, we received insults from deceitful and 09Draskh1    46:2 | In this way we witnessed the spread of the 09Draskh1    49:15 | not hesitate to narrate what we ourselves have witnessed with our 09Draskh1    51:23 | in whispers in closets, namely, “ We are Christians and we cannot 09Draskh1    51:23 | namely, “We are Christians and we cannot obey your impious laws 09Draskh1    51:34 | good faith openly before everyone: “ We are Christians, and do not 09Draskh1    52:7 | While we suffered such afflictions at the 09Draskh1    52:7 | hands of the foreign invaders, we had our eyes fixed on 09Draskh1    52:8 | Thus ( we expected) (them to liberate the 09Draskh1    52:9 | However, this is not what we witnessed; on the contrary it 09Draskh1    53:8 | We put to work ten yoke 09Draskh1    53:8 | full of crops in return). We sowed, but reaped naught, planted 09Draskh1    53:8 | not produce their yield. If we stored anything at all, it 09Draskh1    53:9 | Thus, we realized the meaning of the 09Draskh1    53:9 | meaning of the divine words, “ We toiled, and others have come 09Draskh1    53:10 | In this manner we were deprived of any hope 09Draskh1    53:33 | of death covered us. As we did not keep the covenant 09Draskh1    54:3 | Although we could not witness with our 09Draskh1    54:3 | danger upon your flock, as we are physically beyond range, yet 09Draskh1    54:3 | the hands of the wicked, we deplore it with deep personal 09Draskh1    54:9 | We sent another letter like this 09Draskh1    54:9 | chief (prince) of Abasgia, whom we advised to listen to you 09Draskh1    54:13 | Only then, both you and we shall grant them remission for 09Draskh1    54:30 | We ourselves, and the bishops with 09Draskh1    54:31 | Nevertheless, we preserved within ourselves the grace 09Draskh1    54:34 | We who are serving as spokesman 09Draskh1    54:34 | your way with joyful expectation. We are doing this softly and 09Draskh1    54:34 | gently, in accordance with what we were taught, namely “Let no 09Draskh1    54:36 | of the atrocious afflictions that we suffered 09Draskh1    54:38 | enemies, and as long as we lived safely under the auspices 09Draskh1    54:39 | But as soon as we became negligent of our duties 09Draskh1    54:52 | come and fell Israel, and we are surrounded on all sides 09Draskh1    54:60 | your servants who were killed. We all drank the goblet of 09Draskh1    54:60 | us) by the southern tyranny. We imbibed to the dregs the 09Draskh1    54:73 | the auspices of your wings we might tend to the flock 09Draskh1    54:74 | of your glory and grace we shall prepare the Armenian nation 09Draskh1    58:1 | King Ashot, about whom we were speaking recently, heard that 09Draskh1    64:13 | consoled himself as follows: “Although we are terrified and shaken by 09Draskh1    64:25 | those rebellious races about whom we spoke above found the chance 09Draskh1    65:13 | and out of our wits, we sought the grace of God 09Draskh1    65:14 | Absolutely amazed at this phenomenon, we noticed that the sun had 09Draskh1    65:14 | an eclipse of the sun, we acknowledged this as an authentic 09Draskh1    65:16 | Gegh, in a small glen, we ascended directly to the Upper 09Draskh1    65:17 | We were deprived of all of 09Draskh1    65:17 | our voices in blessing God. We remained in Sewan for a 09Draskh1    65:18 | the thoughts in our hearts, we carried them out like hidden 09Draskh1    65:18 | from a depository, so that we could express in words the 09Draskh1    65:19 | possessions and the livestock which we had abandoned much against our 09Draskh1    65:19 | of her nuptial chamber, and we ourselves returning to our holy 09Draskh1    65:20 | the proper course. Once again we set out and arrived at 09Draskh1    65:21 | As soon as we had reached Biwrakan, I immediately 09Draskh1    66:10 | We escaped and went to the 09Draskh1    66:16 | the following manner: “Until now we tried to please our generals 09Draskh1    66:46 | All-merciful, and All-caring, we thank Thee for giving us 09Draskh1    66:46 | hardships) in this trial. For we did not forget Thee, nor 09Draskh1    66:46 | not forget Thee, nor did we forsake Thine covenant, or betray 09Draskh1    66:48 | their own tongue: “like you, we are of the fold of 09Draskh1    66:52 | the deacon T’eodoros, about whom we spoke in advance, and who 09Draskh1    66:63 | the ungodly religion of Muhammad. We are ready to die in 09Draskh1    67:14 | about whose bravery in war we spoke earlier, by chance happened 09Draskh1    67:18 | entirely seized by Nasr, and we had been left without a 09Draskh1    67:20 | best of his ability, that we returned to our place of 09Draskh1    67:28 | Creator had designed for us we had directed our glance to 09Draskh1    67:28 | the heavens above, and if we conducted ourselves in the image 09Draskh1    67:28 | the Creator, to be sure, we would have been saved by 09Draskh1    67:28 | of our enemies. But rather, we also would have slain our 09Draskh1    67:30 | But as we have become dull like cattle 09Draskh1    67:30 | the mud on the streets we were trampled by the swine 09Draskh1    68:7 | this place of torments where we have now become universally lethargic 10Tovma1    1:7 | reason for this enquiry. (Rather we should) expound it in toto 10Tovma1    1:19 | brought us to this question, we must first realize by what 10Tovma1    1:22 | Since we were anxious to comprehend these 10Tovma1    1:22 | and not skim over them, we must here make a little 10Tovma1    1:22 | in our narrative so that we may compare the tales of 10Tovma1    1:22 | church) with Divine Scripture. Then we shall set our sights on 10Tovma1    1:29 | inventor of evil. To which we respond that in every way 10Tovma1    1:31 | been taken. So what shall we do with regard to these 10Tovma1    1:32 | with many laments and groaning we must quote the prophet’s saying 10Tovma1    1:67 | expression of incertitude. Of these we say that if this command 10Tovma1    1:72 | belt—at Bel’s command? But we shall linger here no further 10Tovma1    1:73 | Epiphanius expounds in order. But we said we would repeat the 10Tovma1    1:73 | in order. But we said we would repeat the account of 10Tovma1    1:77 | nations that came after him. We have now recalled the genealogy 10Tovma1    2:2 | carefully in Babylon—which book we know was (written) after the 10Tovma1    2:3 | times and events—which inconsistencies we do not think appropriate to 10Tovma1    2:13 | of building the tower. Hence we know that the original language 10Tovma1    3:1 | exposition of those times that we mentioned above—from the days 10Tovma1    3:16 | not for frivolous reasons that we resolved to write these things 10Tovma1    3:24 | said of the demons. “And we heard the lashing of the 10Tovma1    3:24 | backs (of the punished), but we did not see the tormentors 10Tovma1    3:25 | baneful disease. In frightened terror we left there 10Tovma1    3:26 | of the earth. From there we set out across the desert 10Tovma1    3:26 | the sea. From then on we saw no more fowl or 10Tovma1    3:27 | We no longer saw the sun 10Tovma1    3:27 | weather for ten days. Then we arrived at a spot by 10Tovma1    3:27 | the camp (equipment) on board, we embarked and sailed to an 10Tovma1    3:27 | not far from land, whence we heard the voices of men 10Tovma1    3:27 | of men (speaking) Greek; but we did not see the speakers 10Tovma1    3:28 | We moved on from there in 10Tovma1    3:29 | Outside, after the journey, we came across a female ass 10Tovma1    3:29 | ass which had a foal. We immediately attached her foal to 10Tovma1    3:29 | foal to the army. When we had entered fifteen miles, two 10Tovma1    3:32 | We shall take up other (tales 10Tovma1    3:38 | spirit is self-moving. Now we see that the heavenly body 10Tovma1    3:42 | These are wise conclusions. But we, following Divine Scripture, have not 10Tovma1    4:1 | We continue our text with the 10Tovma1    4:1 | kingdom of the Assyrians that we carefully set out above. Its 10Tovma1    6:1 | of the moment might dictate. We shall not attempt to consider 10Tovma1    6:2 | but we considered it sufficient merely to 10Tovma1    6:38 | time of) Queen Cleopatra, as we explained above 10Tovma1    6:40 | We too, at your command, Oh 10Tovma1    6:41 | This Vahan whom we mentioned is the same Vahan 10Tovma1    6:45 | son Abgar became king. Here we come to the history of 10Tovma1    6:48 | was from Bethsaida, and note: ’We wish to see Jesus.’ 10Tovma1    6:52 | We think this is sufficient indication 10Tovma1    7:5 | have plotted against you, as we have heard from their confidants 10Tovma1    7:8 | reasons for his flight note: “ We brought up the sons of 10Tovma1    7:8 | that when you were king ( we) should have no grounds for 10Tovma1    8:1 | exile in the cavern that we mentioned above. So, he returned 10Tovma1    9:1 | inflicting troubles on others as we read, unexpectedly there arrived the 10Tovma1    9:5 | But we considered it merely sufficient to 10Tovma1    9:5 | generations of the family as we have labored to discover them 10Tovma1    10:4 | And as we said above, because of his 10Tovma1    10:6 | Now as we said above concerning our important 10Tovma1    10:6 | important investigations in the chronicles, we have confined ourselves to an 10Tovma1    10:7 | But we have merely indicated the most 10Tovma1    10:7 | royal pomp and fame, as we read in the eloquent composition 10Tovma1    10:10 | through the chief scribe. But we have been unable to discover 10Tovma1    10:11 | What we could not discover for certain 10Tovma1    10:11 | could not discover for certain we did not reckon worth putting 10Tovma1    10:20 | important to write down what we have not verified 10Tovma1    10:42 | refined instruments of torture as we read of in the book 10Tovma1    11:23 | care of what you desire. ( We must beware) lest some deceitful 10Tovma1    11:23 | trouble, so that they suppose we are plotting rebellion. But God 10Tovma1    11:56 | the best of our ability we have composed this abbreviated narrative 10Tovma1    11:56 | composed this abbreviated narrative which we have presented to you, most 10Tovma2    2:12 | They replied: “Since we were continuously preoccupied with Persian 10Tovma2    2:12 | continuously preoccupied with Persian raids we had to abandon the study 10Tovma2    2:12 | confession of faith. But while we were in our own country 10Tovma2    2:13 | Now we cannot agree zealously to flatter 10Tovma2    3:4 | the city of Tiflis. And we shall keep a peace treaty 10Tovma2    3:6 | side, and acting in unison we would exterminate that universal scourge 10Tovma2    3:30 | let him send him and we shall receive him. Behold, here 10Tovma2    3:31 | the land before you. Whether we so wish or not, God 10Tovma2    3:40 | to sow and harvest; and we shall look benignly upon you 10Tovma2    3:51 | have mercy on us, although we are not worthy of mercy 10Tovma2    3:56 | counsel together and note: “Although we escaped from the enemy, yet 10Tovma2    3:56 | escaped from the enemy, yet we cannot elude his grasp. So 10Tovma2    3:77 | came to an end, as we shall describe a little later 10Tovma2    4:3 | Ismael, indicating their close relationship: “ We are the sons of Abraham 10Tovma2    4:3 | are the sons of Abraham— we and you, brothers. You must 10Tovma2    4:3 | come to our help, and we shall take the land of 10Tovma2    4:13 | the city of Madiam which we mentioned above 10Tovma2    4:17 | it suffice for you. Now we are the sons of Abraham 10Tovma2    4:17 | us our land peacefully, otherwise we shall take it by war 10Tovma2    4:22 | Now the Arian monk whom we mentioned above, Mahmet’s teacher, on 10Tovma2    4:25 | write perverse (things), of which we shall give brief extracts 10Tovma2    4:56 | down previously by others, so we considered it superfluous to repeat 10Tovma2    4:58 | But we now have to speak about 10Tovma2    4:58 | long period of time; and we shall describe the unbearable oppression 10Tovma2    6:18 | Now we must return to earlier events 10Tovma2    6:22 | and ruin our country? Now we have never contravened the king’s 10Tovma2    6:22 | as governors have the right, we shall give you the (due 10Tovma2    6:44 | out successfully the plan which we have resolved on against the 10Tovma2    6:44 | and matters turn out as we ardently desire, and you are 10Tovma2    6:50 | desire the same. So when we see your benevolent solicitude for 10Tovma2    6:50 | your) friendly kindness towards us, we shall be most eager to 10Tovma3    1:1 | Up to this point we have not hesitated to relate 10Tovma3    1:2 | For although we were oppressed and tormented with 10Tovma3    1:2 | many more were they whom we smote than we who were 10Tovma3    1:2 | they whom we smote than we who were smitten. For the 10Tovma3    1:17 | because of the impieties that we had all committed, from the 10Tovma3    2:20 | at the blessed one’s responses, we did not consider it right 10Tovma3    2:50 | So we, the chief nobles of the 10Tovma3    2:51 | dwelling and be at peace, we shall deliver Ashot into your 10Tovma3    2:56 | general, see for sure, and we shall understand and know how 10Tovma3    2:56 | shall understand and know how we may be able to placate 10Tovma3    2:68 | of the Muslims, they responded: “ We are not able to oppose 10Tovma3    2:68 | as prepared for defence as we thought, nor are the stores 10Tovma3    2:73 | Then Smbat Bagratuni, whom we mentioned above, the prince of 10Tovma3    4:30 | the Armenian force saying: “Behold, we have sent away from us 10Tovma3    4:31 | were to follow the messengers “ we shall seize him, his troops 10Tovma3    4:31 | troops will be discouraged, and we shall easily defeat them 10Tovma3    6:13 | speak with us as if we were obstinate subordinates, insignificant, wild 10Tovma3    6:13 | into consternation. You know who we are, whence (we come), and 10Tovma3    6:13 | know who we are, whence ( we come), and from whom we 10Tovma3    6:13 | we come), and from whom we are descended 10Tovma3    6:14 | is perfectly clear to you. We are not rebels against your 10Tovma3    6:14 | troubles have been multiplied. Since we have sinned before the Lord 10Tovma3    6:14 | into your hands. So behold we have come and stand before 10Tovma3    6:15 | down to our present time, we have held many races and 10Tovma3    6:15 | subjection to our empire, but we have not paid such care 10Tovma3    6:15 | of them as much as we have to you and your 10Tovma3    6:16 | land, the royal administrators whom we sent you. You would gather 10Tovma3    6:17 | But behold, we paid no attention to all 10Tovma3    6:17 | the affection and mercy which we claim to have for you 10Tovma3    6:18 | However, since we now see you, personable and 10Tovma3    6:18 | noble countenance, decorous and elegant, ( we realise that) you are true 10Tovma3    6:20 | Then we shall disregard your harmful acts 10Tovma3    6:24 | We have received and believe in 10Tovma3    6:24 | and believe in the truth; we cannot exchange the truth for 10Tovma3    6:25 | punishment be inflicted on us. We are ready for bonds, prison 10Tovma3    6:27 | is the custom for kings, we did not reckon it appropriate 10Tovma3    6:29 | give such long speeches as we have done for you. We 10Tovma3    6:29 | we have done for you. We shall do it (no) more 10Tovma3    6:33 | this transitory world, they note: “ We accept the royal commands,” with 10Tovma3    6:35 | But that Vasak whom we mentioned above among the great 10Tovma3    6:45 | the psalm: “For your sake we die continuously. We have been 10Tovma3    6:45 | your sake we die continuously. We have been considered as sheep 10Tovma3    7:7 | So lest we too fall into the same 10Tovma3    7:10 | Spirit. “For with the heart we believe in righteousness, and with 10Tovma3    7:10 | righteousness, and with the mouth we confess salvation,” as the apostle 10Tovma3    7:13 | the word of faith which we preach.” And to Timothy he 10Tovma3    7:13 | the faith is trustworthy: “If we deny (him), he will deny 10Tovma3    7:13 | will deny us, even if we do not believe, he remains 10Tovma3    7:24 | the word of faith which we preach.” And David says: “In 10Tovma3    7:24 | same I spoke.” And Paul: “ We believe what we say.” And 10Tovma3    7:24 | And Paul: “We believe what we say.” And again Paul: “If 10Tovma3    7:24 | live), since with the heart we believe in righteousness and with 10Tovma3    7:24 | righteousness and with the mouth we confess salvation 10Tovma3    7:25 | the untrodden path. But when we are brought before kings and 10Tovma3    7:26 | by stretching out this refutation we fall behind in the composition 10Tovma3    8:1 | Just as a little above we described the sea dragon and 10Tovma3    8:7 | because of its tremendous strength, we have drawn the example of 10Tovma3    8:8 | is not without witnesses, as we described above in our tale 10Tovma3    8:14 | eternal and everlasting. As precept we have to hand the Lord’s 10Tovma3    8:20 | us,” and what follows. “Since we die for you daily, we 10Tovma3    8:20 | we die for you daily, we have been considered as sheep 10Tovma3    10:4 | to the present day—which we do not have time to 10Tovma3    10:13 | the Tsanars,” he said, “for we have stronger and higher fortresses 10Tovma3    10:24 | Yours is the property, but we are the heirs; yours the 10Tovma3    10:24 | heirs; yours the booty, but we are the plunderers; you are 10Tovma3    10:24 | plunderers; you are the brigand, we the thieves; you the reed 10Tovma3    10:24 | the thieves; you the reed, we the consuming fire; you the 10Tovma3    10:24 | consuming fire; you the straw, we the boisterous winds; you the 10Tovma3    10:24 | boisterous winds; you the flower, we the withering simoon; you the 10Tovma3    10:24 | simoon; you the flowering field, we the destructive hail; you the 10Tovma3    10:24 | that tears; you the toy, we the children who, grasping your 10Tovma3    10:25 | you the wild animal, we the hunters; you the bird 10Tovma3    10:25 | hunters; you the bird, and we descend from the heights and 10Tovma3    10:25 | you the sea serpent, and we the hook, dragging you up 10Tovma3    10:25 | the stag without horns, and we the eagles (swooping down) on 10Tovma3    11:14 | By whatever death you wish, we are ready to submit to 10Tovma3    11:14 | father Satan, has taught you. We shall not abandon the love 10Tovma3    11:14 | love of Christ, nor shall we be deprived of eternal life 10Tovma3    11:24 | true religion and faith that we have learned from the prophet 10Tovma3    13:2 | genealogy down to the time we are considering. Gurgēn deserves the 10Tovma3    13:5 | are logically minded and understanding. We shall carry forward in abbreviated 10Tovma3    13:7 | men. Therefore, for the moment we have abbreviated them into few 10Tovma3    14:2 | they (say). As for us, we shall abbreviate the whole revolution 10Tovma3    14:14 | shall revolt against Ashot. Together we shall divide the land and 10Tovma3    15:21 | We have indicated the details (of 10Tovma3    19:12 | battle with me. Then together we shall lay hands on them 10Tovma3    22:8 | parts, giving to Ashot, as we said above, the rank of 10Tovma3    23:1 | As we briefly mentioned above concerning Ahmat’ 10Tovma3    23:7 | warriors of Vaspurakan, whose names we recorded above, attacked like heroes 10Tovma3    25:3 | the murder of Apumruan that we described above 10Tovma3    27:10 | much greater a punishment will we think that man worthy who 10Tovma3    29:24 | own—the story of which we recorded above—and especially the 10Tovma3    29:28 | also placed the cross which we mentioned above, through which miraculous 10Tovma3    29:41 | This is the cross which we mentioned above when we described 10Tovma3    29:41 | which we mentioned above when we described its appearance [259] years previously 10Tovma3    29:59 | raids of brigands. This regulation we find among the holy angels 10Tovma3    29:61 | the warriors of Vaspurakan, as we described. As soon as the 10Tovma3    29:64 | the son of Sherep’, whom we mentioned above elsewhere in the 10Tovma4    1:7 | mortal the immortal nature that we had in paradise—likewise here 10Tovma4    1:15 | But as we said above, some traitors from 10Tovma4    1:29 | We cannot leave the memory of 10Tovma4    1:46 | We were informed by those who 10Tovma4    1:48 | Where,” they said, “have we lost the honourable pearl, the 10Tovma4    1:51 | spears of an army, (when) we might have lost our lives 10Tovma4    1:53 | saying anything about them, and we shall hasten on with the 10Tovma4    3:8 | of the Evil One, as we mentioned above. So I do 10Tovma4    3:17 | like the first time which we described above 10Tovma4    3:30 | of Vasak the apostate, whom we mentioned above, gave support to 10Tovma4    3:34 | in the two towns, as we described above 10Tovma4    4:3 | in himself these parallels that we mentioned above in accordance with 10Tovma4    4:37 | had happened, they note: “Since we have suffered this (at the 10Tovma4    4:37 | of a few, how shall we be able to resist the 10Tovma4    4:67 | even greater than the one we described above. They requested the 10Tovma4    6:4 | any deed worthy of record, we did not set out their 10Tovma4    7:11 | Such in brief is what we have to say about the 10Tovma4    8:1 | Now although we have happily undertaken (these) pleasing 10Tovma4    8:1 | happily undertaken (these) pleasing histories, we passed over many stories, especially 10Tovma4    8:2 | setting these outside our plans, we shall proceed to review the 10Tovma4    8:2 | others with unerring indications. These we have visited in person and 10Tovma4    8:2 | the East. Travelling on foot, we have seen the works of 10Tovma4    8:19 | But we have offered this suitable and 10Tovma4    8:19 | convenient account, so far as we could, in order to fulfil 10Tovma4    9:0 | were brought from distant lands. We shall give a faithful picture 10Tovma4    9:6 | the architect was Manuēl, whom we mentioned above, a man full 10Tovma4    9:6 | construction. To the monk whom we mentioned above he entrusted the 10Tovma4    9:16 | So we have said what concerns the 10Tovma4    10:1 | We described above the anarchy in 10Tovma4    13:11 | of Elimats’ik’ attacked us, as we said above, and continually vexed 10Tovma4    13:40 | of the divine treasures that we mentioned above, which were kept 10Tovma4    13:42 | Paul, the citizen of heaven: “ We do not have combat with 10Tovma4    13:87 | Holy Cross of Ałt’amar, which we mentioned above. Furthermore, falling on 10Tovma4    13:90 | taken place, as is written, we must inform you, Oh dear 10Tovma4    13:106 | After this had happened we had no king or prince 10Tovma4    13:113 | Also we request, beg, entreat and supplicate 10Tovma4    13:113 | Holy Spirit, the true God— we the unworthy monks and priests 10Tovma4    13:113 | Trinity. In faith and hope we request from your liberal benevolence 11Asogh1    1:2 | his divine image (so that we) with our tireless thought (could 11Asogh1    1:3 | triple light of the Trinity, we will unswervingly and unmistakably tell 11Asogh1    1:3 | this light) in the past, we will not follow the false 11Asogh1    1:4 | in the present, we will not encounter the false 11Asogh1    1:4 | faith of heretics and therefore we will not go astray (from 11Asogh1    1:4 | the path) of good deeds, we will not go astray at 11Asogh1    1:5 | and the light of science, we learn that everything that exists 11Asogh1    1:6 | of knowledge in the present, we come to know the Way 11Asogh1    1:7 | of hope for the future, we see (as it were) before 11Asogh1    1:8 | is the mystery by which we Christians depict the past and 11Asogh1    2:2 | wherefore we have divided our History into 11Asogh1    3:21 | But when we, having grown fat, spread out 11Asogh1    3:21 | turned out to be disobedient, we forgot our beloved God, the 11Asogh1    3:22 | God’s good deeds to us, we ceased to heed the voice 11Asogh1    5:6 | confessed the true faith, saying: “ We are Christians: we will not 11Asogh1    5:6 | faith, saying: “We are Christians: we will not exchange the light 11Asogh1    5:6 | which is nothing and which we consider to be nothing 11Asogh1    7:16 | the honest cross. Even now we see with our own eyes 11Asogh1    7:38 | We confess God united in the 11Asogh1    7:38 | man, is performed, so that we will not be subjected to 11Asogh1    14:1 | Basil was enthroned in [425=976], as we said above, Bardas, nicknamed Skleros 11Asogh1    20:6 | in the eastern country, which we will tell about in its 11Asogh1    20:8 | written by the aforementioned vardapets. We consider it not superfluous to 11Asogh1    21:5 | against the Greek emperor, which we will tell about in due 11Asogh1    23:2 | Melitene; for Ibn Xosrov, whom we spoke about before, at his 11Asogh1    24:2 | deceitful offer: “come (to me), we will make peace and divide 11Asogh1    39:4 | The Iberians answered: “ We look at the Armenian Church 11Asogh1    42:6 | them by the metropolitan, as we said above 11Asogh1    44:1 | by brother) of Gagik, whom we mentioned above, having become proud 11Asogh1    45:2 | Smbat the Great, whom, as we said above, was erected on 11Asogh1    48:3 | We also found that now [6282] years 12Last1    1:4 | breath remained within us and we became lost through our despair 12Last1    1:5 | be healed) from the agonies we had already borne 12Last1    1:26 | after them, a desolate wilderness” [Joel II. 3]. We have said enough about this 12Last1    2:12 | the crosses, and said insultingly: “ We shall take and make horse 12Last1    2:12 | means of the Byzantines, as we shall relate in (the proper 12Last1    2:29 | But we are recording these lengthy events 12Last1    2:31 | blessed cathedral and saying insultingly, “ We shall make horse-shoes out 12Last1    4:1 | the bishop of Vagharshakert, whom we recalled a little earlier, who 12Last1    9:1 | among (the Byzantines), as indeed we shall see (in the case 12Last1    9:11 | them. With our own eyes we saw the blows of divine 12Last1    10:0 | was requited by him as we described above 12Last1    10:18 | of those mellifluous songs, now we have (the cries) of owls 12Last1    10:22 | many populous awans became uninhabited! We shall speak about all of 12Last1    10:22 | us proceed in the order we commenced 12Last1    10:36 | because of that sale which we recalled a while earlier. It 12Last1    10:38 | out to him (the perpetrator). We shall now return to our 12Last1    11:2 | out of fear of them we learn, and they also learn 12Last1    11:3 | of a foreign people, for we had sinned against Him. But 12Last1    11:3 | anger would pass so that we would not be completely exterminated 12Last1    11:4 | We became infected with the disease 12Last1    11:5 | after horrible evils had commenced, we stood trembling in shocked, horrified 12Last1    11:5 | march of the impious invaders. We regarded that good deed as 12Last1    11:6 | However, we should have come to our 12Last1    11:6 | suffered by our brothers, and we should have hastened to learn 12Last1    11:7 | We should have calmed God with 12Last1    11:7 | anger to pardon us. But we forgot about this. Nor did 12Last1    11:7 | the unjust He is unjust. We were like the wild boars 12Last1    11:8 | because they were guilty whereas we were saved because of our 12Last1    11:8 | because of our justice. But we did not recall the Lord’s 12Last1    11:9 | you will all likewise perish’ “[Luke 13.4-5]. We, however, conducted ourselves according to 12Last1    11:17 | us. Wickedly tormented and destroyed, we became a spectacle for the 12Last1    11:17 | said of the saints, and we have left behind us for 12Last1    11:20 | lo: You became angered, and we sinned. Therefore, we roamed in 12Last1    11:20 | angered, and we sinned. Therefore, we roamed in slavery among many 12Last1    12:12 | much worthier of punishment are we, having them as an example 12Last1    12:13 | enter the kingdom of heaven” [Matthew 5.20]. We did not surpass them in 12Last1    12:13 | what pardon or forgiveness shall we have 12Last1    12:22 | lords of diocese and church, we found to be more than 12Last1    12:25 | end at this point, for we were unable to record every 12Last1    12:25 | omission look in the ruins. We have written the pitiful account 12Last1    12:25 | mountain and of the city. We have written only about what 12Last1    12:25 | have written only about what we saw with our own eyes 12Last1    12:25 | and about the wicked things we ourselves experienced. As for the 12Last1    12:25 | would be needed for that. We abbreviated our (account) as much 12Last1    13:0 | of Pharaoh give stupid counsel” [Isaiah 19.11]. We encountered the same thing here 12Last1    14:4 | here until you do as we command,” nonetheless that venerable man 12Last1    16:15 | How bitter was the death we died 12Last1    16:46 | have recited this so that we do not become disheartened when 12Last1    16:46 | do not become disheartened when we fall into unbearable difficulties. For 12Last1    16:47 | We see this in the case 12Last1    16:48 | boldly after that tyrant’s insults: “ We need not answer you 12Last1    17:0 | impious one ruins it” [Proverbs 29.4]. Indeed, we saw the validity of this 12Last1    17:2 | East destroyed the Christians, as we noted briefly above 12Last1    17:9 | those rebels to us or we shall lead your country into 12Last1    17:14 | very bitter was the period we lived in. Our life was 12Last1    17:14 | us, (I say) woe are we that must pay the debts 12Last1    17:16 | because of our evils, then we are more pitiful than all 12Last1    17:16 | world dwells in peace, yet we are slaves and captives, stabbed 12Last1    17:19 | the wicked inconsolable replacement which we received. Where are those thrones 12Last1    17:26 | no way. Consequently, realizing this, we should work to appease God 12Last1    17:27 | you and cast you down” [Psalms 17.41]. We need only have peace with 12Last1    17:28 | are the Lord’s words, which we find in the book of 12Last1    18:19 | Presently we see just the opposite: a 12Last1    18:21 | Let this matter rest here. We shall return to our sorrowful 12Last1    18:24 | beginning of that year which we recalled above with woe, troops 12Last1    18:37 | those dwelling within you. Here we have recorded but a few 12Last1    18:44 | of more bitter, unbelievable tortures? We have not encountered any in 12Last1    18:46 | that bad fortune. So were we betrayed into the hands of 12Last1    18:46 | the Lord visit us, since we did not heed Him when 12Last1    18:46 | did not heed Him when we dwelled in peace 12Last1    18:48 | We neglected His words. Consequently, He 12Last1    18:49 | And we were betrayed into the hand 12Last1    19:0 | Earlier we recalled and described what one 12Last1    21:1 | Him. And He commanded that ( we) resemble him in all matters 12Last1    21:1 | means of good conduct. Yet we rebelled from our sweet and 12Last1    21:2 | torments, He ignored us, and we were betrayed into the hand 12Last1    21:2 | who hated us ravished us; we were laid low, and our 12Last1    21:5 | and all. The only thing we lacked was the Sea, yet 12Last1    21:5 | you will also find that we too had our Sea. For 12Last1    21:6 | totally stripped and pillaged whatever we had, even though we had 12Last1    21:6 | whatever we had, even though we had done nothing to them 12Last1    21:7 | is blessed for eternity. Although we are devoid of good deeds 12Last1    21:7 | devoid of good deeds, nonetheless we have the right belief and 12Last1    21:7 | tongue of confession. Why should we be punished the way they 12Last1    21:7 | How much more pitiful are we, and (how much more) deserving 12Last1    21:9 | for the city about which we are now speaking, Melitene (Malatya 12Last1    21:11 | our nature: when growing poor, we grumble and blame God, while 12Last1    21:11 | God, while when growing rich, we become insolent, and like immortals 12Last1    21:12 | Therefore, constantly changing our condition, we are taught to know our 12Last1    21:13 | lowly than the soil? Yet we originated from it and return 12Last1    21:13 | with paternal counsel, but when we do not heed His counsel 12Last1    21:14 | this discussion be closed here. We now return to our narration 12Last1    21:16 | wont, they ravaged the country. We learned about their passage subsequently 12Last1    22:12 | We have said enough about this 12Last1    22:30 | and dishonored regarding the faith, we also do not accept.” Not 12Last1    23:14 | belonged to them and which we spoke of a little earlier 12Last1    23:27 | Now the soldiers note: “First we shall ferry across those (bishops 12Last1    23:40 | base deeds being too foul, we regarded it as inappropriate to 12Last1    23:42 | doctrine of confirmed light which we learned from the blessed Fathers 12Last1    24:17 | or be they princes, as we have seen from what has 12Last1    25:0 | it of us. Nor are we capable of such 12Last1    25:1 | accounts included among such categories, we have omitted, leaving them to 12Last1    25:1 | more eloquent and intelligent than we. Perhaps someone may request it 12Last1    25:1 | this history) not a little, we regard it as necessary to 12Last1    25:16 | a little temptation so that we understand our weakness. He kept 12Last1    25:22 | your kingdom in peace, and we shall do the same with 12Last1    26:1 | just as in the beginning we had briefly occasion to discourse 12Last1    26:5 | and become corrupt. Nor did we hear of any talk of 12Last1    26:9 | the blessed sacrament ceased and we became the object of the 12Last1    26:9 | the pagans’ ridicule and insult. We were abused, became lost, and 12Last1    26:9 | leveled to the ground; and we became like dried bones lacking 12Last1    26:11 | many disasters visited upon us we became lean and wasted and 12Last1    26:11 | they did not believe that we possessed a God in heaven 12Last1    26:12 | For the Lord willed that we be afflicted by such punishments 12Last1    26:12 | afflicted by such punishments, that we be persecuted and tormented, that 12Last1    26:12 | every age be tortured, that we be exiled and denied His 12Last1    26:12 | of punishment and guilty; that we be dispersed and sent far 12Last1    26:12 | natures be restrained, and that we be subjected to His scepter 12Last1    26:14 | serious than anyone else’s, for we are without king, prince, lord 12Last1    26:14 | overseer, spiritually and physically, and we were unable to find a 12Last1    26:14 | single place of refuge. Rather we are weakened and obedient under 12Last1    26:15 | For since we did not serve the Lord 12Last1    26:15 | did not serve the Lord, we must serve foreigners; and since 12Last1    26:15 | must serve foreigners; and since we disdained fear of the Lord 12Last1    26:15 | disdained fear of the Lord we are now daily consumed with 12Last1    26:15 | fear (of the Seljuks). Because we worshipped the Lord lazily we 12Last1    26:15 | we worshipped the Lord lazily we must now revere and serve 12Last1    26:16 | more than the punishments which we have received from You, and 12Last1    26:17 | name be upon us, that we be considered (worthy of Your 12Last1    26:18 | hand from us so that we not be totally worn out 12Last1    26:19 | Now we consider sufficient what we have 12Last1    26:19 | Now we consider sufficient what we have written about the turbulent 12Last1    26:19 | occurring in our day, what we bore from the pagans, and 12Last1    26:19 | bore from the pagans, and we have presented this divided up 12Last1    26:19 | and city, in sections. For we encountered not one day or 12Last1    26:22 | For narrating this account, we should have had the ancient 12Last1    26:23 | But as to what we have written in this book 12Last1    26:23 | things that happened, and what we experienced, for we were unable 12Last1    26:23 | and what we experienced, for we were unable to put in 12Last1    26:23 | writing or remember everything. However, we have set all of this